Describing the dimensionality of geospatial data in the earth sciences-Recommendations for nomenclature

Geosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 354-359

  Jones, Richard R ^a   Wawrzyniec, Tim F ^b   Holliman, Nicolas S ^a   McCaffrey, Kenneth J W ^a   Imber, Jonathan ^a   Holdsworth, Robert E ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordinate axes; Digital surveying method; Dimension; Geological representation; Virtual outcrop models

Indexed keywords

COORDINATE; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; DIGITIZATION; FIELD METHOD; SAMPLING; SURVEYING;

EID: 41949092128     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00158.1     Document Type: Article

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