Fully automated analysis of grain chemistry, size and morphology by CCSEM: Examples from cement production and diamond exploration

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 15, 2008, Pages 93-96

  Keulen, Nynke ^a   Frei, Dirk ^a   Bernstein, Stefan ^b   Hutchison, Mark T ^a   Knudsen, Christian ^a   Jensen, Lucas ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c FLSmidth AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAMOND; GRAIN SIZE; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 54749118632     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.34194/geusb.v15.5053     Document Type: Article

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