Soil water retention curve based on fractal theory in greenhouse soil

Nongye Jixie Xuebao/Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Machinery

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 49-54

  Zheng, Zicheng ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Li, Tingxuan ^a   Yu, Haiying ^a   Zeng, Li ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Disturbed soil; Fractal theory; Greenhouse soil; Soil water retention curve; Undisturbed soil

Indexed keywords

DISTURBED SOIL; FRACTAL THEORY; GREENHOUSE SOIL; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVES; UNDISTURBED SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; GREENHOUSES; SOIL MOISTURE;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 84862979468     PISSN: 10001298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6041/j.issn.1000-1298.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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