A new high resolution optical method for obtaining the topography of fracture surfaces in rocks

Image Analysis and Stereology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-66

  Ogilvie, Steven ^a   Isakov, Evgeny ^a   Taylor, Colin ^a   Glover, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture topography; Image acquisition; Optical imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444299221     PISSN: 15803139     EISSN: 18545165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5566/ias.v21.p61-66     Document Type: Article

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