Morphometry of quartz aggregates in granites: Fractal images referring to nucleation and growth processes

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 819-833

  Gulbin, Y L ^a   Evangulova, E B ^a  

^a SAINT PETERSBURG MINING UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Fractal; Granite; Morphometry; Nucleation and growth; Percolation cluster; Poisson model; Texture

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GRANITE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; NUCLEATION; TEXTURE;

EID: 4344596015     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MATG.0000007781.90498.5e     Document Type: Article

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