Volume and surface-area measurements using tomography, with an example from the Brenham pallasite meteorite

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Spinsby, Jacob ^a   Friedrich, Heiner ^c   Buseck, Peter R ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brenham pallasite; Fractal particles; Quantitative tomography; Segmentation; Tomogram surface area; Tomogram volume; Tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; METEORITES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

FRACTAL PARTICLES; GEOSCIENCE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; METEORITES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

METEORITE; OLIVINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 35748947735     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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