Contribution of image analysis to the study of weathering process in alkaline basalt (Middle Atlas, Morocco);Apport de l’analyse d’images dans l’etude de l’altération d’un basalte alcalin (Moyen Atlas, Maroc)

Engineering Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 325-334

  Dekayir, A ^a   El Maataoui M ^a  

^a MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Basalt; Halloysite; Image analysis; Porosity; Weathering

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; GLASS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MINERALS; PETROLOGY; POROSITY; SOILS; WEATHERING;

FELDSPARS; FRESH CORE BASALT; HALLOYSITE; KAOLINITE; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; PORE SPACE; PYROXENE; QUARTERNARY ALKALINE BASALT;

BASALT;

ALKALI BASALT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

MOROCCO;

EID: 0343619427     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(99)00099-X     Document Type: Article

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