Abstract
The fracture profiles of three soils (taken from Dexter and Horn 1988) are analysed according to their fractal dimensions, D. D, which is a measure of how the ‘apparent’ length of a fracture path increases with decreasing ruler size, is found to be a good quantifier of the tortuousity of fracture paths. The fractal analysis is compared with a more traditional statistical method of analysing fracture profiles. It is shown that the latter method, unlike fractal analysis, can omit a significant proportion of a tortuous fracture path and therefore leads to an underestimate of any roughness parameter. © 1992, CSIRO. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 291-295 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Australian Journal of Soil Research |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1992 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Chemistry
- Soil Science