Methodological aspects of fractal dimension estimation on the basis of particle size distribution

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bieganowski, Andrzej ^a   Chojecki, Tymoteusz ^b   Ryzak, Magdalena ^a   Sochan, Agata ^a   Lamorski, Krzysztof ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGROPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION PROCEDURE; FRACTAL DIMENSION ESTIMATION; LASER DIFFRACTION METHOD; LASER DIFFRACTOMETRY; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS; SIZE FRACTION;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTIONATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL TYPE; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 84874409438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2012.0064     Document Type: Article

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