Utilisation of the image analysis method for the detection of the morphological anisotropy of calcite grains in marble

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 275-281

  Obara, Boguslaw ^a   Kožušníková, Alena ^b  

^a STRATA MECHANICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEONICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Grain boundaries; Image processing and analysis; Microscopy; Morphological anisotropy; Rock structure

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARBLE; MORPHOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; CALCITE; DETECTION METHOD; GRAIN BOUNDARY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MARBLE; MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 35648985123     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10596-007-9051-0     Document Type: Article

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