Estimation of grain-size distributions and associated parameters from digital images of sediment

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Buscombe, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beach; Digital image; Grain size; Grain size distribution; Percentiles

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; AUTOCORRELATION; DIGITAL IMAGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 51349084445     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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