Fractal features of soil profiles under different land use patterns on the Loess Plateau, China

• 作 者: Lie XIAO Sha XUE GuoBin LIU Ch
• 机 构: StateKeyLaboratoryofSoilErosionandDrylandFarmingontheLoessPlateau,InstituteofSoilandWaterConservatio
• 出 处: 干旱区科学：英文版
• 发表日期: 2014年5期
• 关键词: 土地利用方式 土壤剖面 黄土高原 分形特征 中国 微团聚体 分形维数 分形理论 fractal dimension anti-erodibility soil
• 基金项目: Acknowledgements The research was supported by the Strategic Technology Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences （XDA05060300） and the Science and Technology R＆D Program of Shaanxi Province （2011KJXX63）

Fractal theory is becoming an increasingly useful tool to describe soil structure dynamics for a better understanding of the performance of soil systems. Changes in land use patterns significantly affect soil physical, chemical and biological properties.