Effects of soil particle size classification system on calculating volume-based fractal dimension

Yingyong Jichu yu Gongcheng Kexue Xuebao/Journal of Basic Science and Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1060-1068

  Gao, Guanglei ^a,b   Ding, Guodong ^a,b   Zhao, Yuanyuan ^a,b   Bao, Yanfeng ^a   Yu, Minghan ^a   Liu, Yundong ^a   Zhou, Xiaorui ^c  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yanchi Desert Ecosystem Research Station of Ningxia   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian soil; Particle size classification; Particle size distribution; Soil fractal feature; Volume based fractal dimension

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS;

AEOLIAN SOIL; FRACTAL FEATURE; LASER DIFFRACTIONS; LINEAR CORRELATION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MUTUAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PARTICLE SIZE CLASSIFICATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 84919787740     PISSN: 10050930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.16058/j.issn.1005-0930.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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