A scanning electron microscopy image processing method for quantifying fabric orientation of clay geomaterials

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 235-243

  Martinez Nistal A ^a   Veniale, F ^b   Setti, M ^b   Cotecchia, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clay geomaterials; Fabric orientation methodology; SEM image processing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GEOSYNTHETIC MATERIALS; IMAGE PROCESSING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CLAY GEOMATERIALS; FABRIC ORIENTATION INDEX;

CLAY;

CLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0344654724     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1317(98)00055-6     Document Type: Article

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