GIS-based detection of grain boundaries

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 431-443

  Li, Yingkui ^a   Onasch, Charles M ^b   Guo, Yonggui ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fabric analysis; GIS; Grain boundary detection; Thin section

Indexed keywords

FABRIC ANALYSIS; GRAIN BOUNDARY DETECTION; THIN SECTION;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; ROCK MECHANICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; DETECTION METHOD; GIS; GRAIN BOUNDARY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SANDSTONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 41149121992     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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