Scaling properties of saturated hydraulic conductivity in soil

Developments in Soil Science

Volumn 27, Issue C, 2000, Pages 115-130

  Gimenez D ^a   Rawls, W J ^a   Lauren, J G ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

fractal; macroporosity; multiscaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956742085     PISSN: 01660918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2481(00)80008-2     Document Type: Article

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