Photographic monitoring of soiling and decay of roadside walls in central Oxford, England

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 777-787

  Thornbush, Mary J ^a,b   Viles, Heather A ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adobe Photoshop; Limestone decay; Oxford stone; Soiling

Indexed keywords

COLOR; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PIXELS; ROADS AND STREETS; ROADSIDES; SURVEYS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP; CHANGE DETECTIONS; COLOUR IMAGES; DECAY PATTERNS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTERNAL-; INTEGRATED TRANSPORTS; LIGHTING CONDITIONS; OXFORD STONE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES; SOILING; TRANSPORT STRATEGIES;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

PAVEMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WALL;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORD; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 55849118517     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1311-3     Document Type: Article

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