Single and Joint Multifractal Analysis of Soil Particle Size Distributions

Pedosphere

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-83

  Li, Yi ^a   Li, Min ^a,b   Horton, R ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution probability; Generalized dimensions; Laser diffractometry; Scaling; Singularity strength

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PROBABILITY; SCALE EFFECT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA;

EID: 78650648698     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(10)60081-1     Document Type: Article

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