Fractals, double porosity and the soil-water characteristic curve

Unsaturated Soils - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Unsaturated Soils

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 945-950

  Russell, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATED PARTICLES; DOUBLE POROSITY; DOUBLE-POROSITY SOILS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FRACTAL DISTRIBUTION; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; SURFACE AREA; THEORETICAL EXPRESSION;

AGGLOMERATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PORE SIZE;

SOILS;

EID: 84859949558     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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