Pedotransfer function for estimation of soil-specific surface area using soil fractal dimension of improved particle-size distribution

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-103

  Sepaskhah, Ali Reza ^a   Tafteh, Arash ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

particle size distribution; simple models; soil solid fractal dimension; specific surface area

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871140491     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2011.602632     Document Type: Article

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