Comment on "an improved fractal equation for the soil water retention curve" by E. Perfect et al.

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 931-932

  Perrier, Edith ^a   Rieu, Michel ^a   Sposito, Garrison ^b   De Marsily, Ghislain ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 84958257179     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR03382     Document Type: Note

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