FLOC: Image analysis of marine suspended particles

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 967-974

  Syvitski, James P M ^a   Hutton, Eric W H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Floes; Image analysis; PhotoCD; Suspended sediment; Underwater photographs

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; FLOC ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; UNDERWATER IMAGE;

EID: 0031463154     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(97)00060-5     Document Type: Article

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