Revival: Fractals in Soil Science (1998)

The application of fractals and fractal geometry in soil science has become increasingly important over the last few years. This self-contained and timely book was designed to provide detailed and comprehensive information on the current status of the application of fractal geometry in soil science, and on prospects for its future use.

1.Fractal Geometry 2.Fragmentation Processes and the Physics of Scale-Invariance: An Introduction 3. Boast Structural Hierarchy and Molecular Accessibility in Clayey Aggregates 4. Fractal Probes of Humic Aggregation: Scattering Techniques for Fractal Dimension Determinations 5.Fractal Geometry and the Description of Plant Root Systems: Current Perspectives and Future Applications 6.Quantification of Soil Microtopography and Surface Roughness 7. Fractal Models of Fragmented and Aggregated Soils 8.Fractals and Soil Structure 9.Interaction Between Soil Structure and Microbial Dynamics 10.Young Using Fractal Dimensions of Stained Flow Patterns in Clay Soils to Predict Bypass Flow 11.Booltink 2-D and 3-D Fingering in Unsaturated Soils Investigated by Fractal Analysis 12. Invasion Percolation Modeling and Non-Destructive Image Processing 13. Posadas Soil-Water Conductivity of a Fractal Soil 14. A Pseudo-Fractal Model for Hydraulic Property Distributions in Porous Media Index