Quantification of soil features using digital image processing (DIP) techniques

Geoderma

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Aydemir, S ^a   Keskin, S ^b   Drees, L R ^c  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b General Directory of Rural Services   (Turkey)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital image processing; Image classification; Image processing; Micromorphology; Quantification; Soil features

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MINERALS;

COLOR IMAGE FLATBED SCANNERS; PETROGRAPHIC MICROSCOPES;

SOILS;

DIGITAL IMAGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 1042278674     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(03)00218-0     Document Type: Article

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