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Scale and space dependencies of soil nitrogen variability
CEIGRAM, Ciudad Universitaria sn, Technical
University of Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain
Dpto. Matemática Aplicada, E.T.S.I. A.A.B., Technical University
of Madrid, Spain
María Teresa Castellanos
Dpto. Química y Tecnología de Alimentos, E.T.S.I. A.A.B,
Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Maria Carmen Cartagena
Dpto. Química y Tecnología de Alimentos, E.T.S.I. A.A.B,
Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Augusto Arce
Dpto. Química y Tecnología de Alimentos, E.T.S.I. A.A.B,
Technical University of Madrid, Spain
Francisco Ribas
Centro de Investigación Agroambiental El Chaparrillo, Inst.
Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroforestal (IRIAF), Ciudad Real, Spain
María Jesús Cabello
Centro de Investigación Agroambiental El Chaparrillo, Inst.
Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroforestal (IRIAF), Ciudad Real, Spain
Juan López de Herrera
CEIGRAM, Ciudad Universitaria sn, Technical
University of Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain
Nigel R. A. Bird
CEIGRAM, Ciudad Universitaria sn, Technical
University of Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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F. Landais, F. Schmidt, and S. Lovejoy
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In the present study, we investigate the scaling properties of the topography of Mars. Planetary topographic fields are well known to exhibit (mono)fractal behavior. Indeed, fractal formalism is efficient in reproducing the variability observed in topography. Our results suggest a multifractal behavior from the planetary scale down to 10 km. From 10 km to 300 m, the topography seems to be simple monofractal.
P. A. Toledo, S. R. Riquelme, and J. A. Campos
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E. Mansouri, F. Feizi, and A. A. Karbalaei Ramezanali
Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 22, 579–587, https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-22-579-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-22-579-2015, 2015
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T. Shibata, T. Maruoka, and T. Echigo
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In order to refine our understanding of how fluid inclusions were trapped in the host minerals, we observed mercury inclusions in quartz samples using X-ray computed tomography technique. We obtained three-dimensional spatial distributions, and analyzed them using fractal and multifractal methods. Given the fractal dimension and its implied mechanism, the mercury-bearing fluids were not primary fluid inclusions, but migrated into the pre-existing cracks of quartz crystals by diffusion processes.
R. A. Ribeiro, M. V. M. Mata, L. S. Lucena, U. L. Fulco, and G. Corso
Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 21, 1043–1049, https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-21-1043-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-21-1043-2014, 2014
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Melon crop got different levels of N that constituted a contribution to the variation of soil N at mainly larger scales. During its development a proportion of the N was taken up, adding a second factor of variability at smaller scales. After the melon harvest, the wheat was sown across the plots and harvested at the end of the season. Wheat was used as a N sink crop and allowed us to evaluate the soil N residual. Multiscale and relative entropy were applied to study N scale dependencies.
Melon crop got different levels of N that constituted a contribution to the variation of soil N...
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