A practical approach to grain shape quantification

Engineering Geology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-16

  Cox, Melissa R ^a   Budhu, Muniram ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain shape; Granular materials; Light microscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; Shape descriptors

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GRAIN SHAPE MEASUREMENT; GRAIN SHAPE QUANTIFICATION; SAND GRAINS; SHAPE DESCRIPTORS;

SAND;

GRANULAR MEDIUM; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; MODELING; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHAPE;

EID: 37249031859     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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