Bulk density calibration for X-ray tomographic analyses of marine sediments

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 270-274

  Orsi, Thomas H ^a   Anderson, Aubrey L ^b  

^a PLANNING SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CALIBRATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033507816     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003670050118     Document Type: Article

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