Measuring the bulk density of meteorites nondestructively using three-dimensional laser imaging

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Smith, Darr L ^a   Samson, C ^a   Herd, R ^a,b   Deslauriers, A ^c   Sink, J E ^c   Christie, I ^c   Ernst, Richard E ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Neptec Design Group Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING METHOD; LASER METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEORITE; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; PRECISION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33845653091     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002623     Document Type: Article

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