Assessing soil particle-size distribution on experimental plots with similar texture under different management systems using multifractal parameters

Geoderma

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-56

  Paz Ferreiro, J ^a   Vázquez, E Vidal ^a   Miranda, J G V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Laser diffraction; Multifractals; Particle size analysis; Texture variability; Tillage

Indexed keywords

BLOCK DESIGNS; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP ROTATION; CROPPING SYSTEMS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; LASER DIFFRACTIONS; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MULTI-FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MULTIFRACTAL DISTRIBUTION; MULTIFRACTAL PARAMETERS; MULTIFRACTALS; NO TILLAGE; SINGULARITY SPECTRUM; SIZE ANALYSIS; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEXTURES; SPLIT-BLOCK; TILLAGE; TILLAGE TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS; CROPS; DIFFRACTION; FRACTALS; HOLMIUM; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PARTICLE SIZE; ROTATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS; TEXTURES;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CROP ROTATION; GRASS; MAIZE; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL TEXTURE; SORGHUM; ZERO TILLAGE;

LOLIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78649421932     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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