Multiscale percolation properties of a fractal pore network

Geoderma

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-110

  Bird, N R A ^a   Perrier, E ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Percolation; Renormalization

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONNECTIVITY PROPERTIES; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; FRACTAL MODEL; FRACTAL NETWORK; MULTISCALES; NETWORK MODELLING; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; PARAMETERIZED; PERCOLATION; PERCOLATION THEORY; PORE CONNECTIVITY; PORE NETWORKS; RENORMALIZATION; SIZE RANGES; SOLID-PHASE; UPSCALING;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; PORE SIZE;

SOLVENTS;

CONNECTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCOLATION; PORE SPACE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 78649395646     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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