This study discusses fractal analysis on the microscopic structure of the peat soil. The main objective is to investigate the distribution of pores in the rock samples. The results of fractal analysis using the Minkowski-Bouligand method indicates that the SEM images of microscopic structures of peat soil behave as a fractal with dimension value 1.8965. These values confirm that the distribution of pores in the peat soil is very irregular at the microscale levels.
Topics
Fractals
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