The interior of soil aggregates investigated by synchrotron-radiation-based microtomography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7078, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Peth, Stephan ^a   Horn, Rainer ^a   Beckmann, Felix ^b   Donath, Tilman ^b   Smucker, Alvin J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Microtomography; Pore networks; Soil aggregates; Soil structure; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGRONOMY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; SOILS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

3D IMAGING TECHNIQUES; AGGREGATE PORES; CHANNEL LENGTHS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; IMAGE TRANSFORMATIONS; INTER-RELATIONSHIPS; MICRO TOMOGRAPHIES; MICROTOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; PORE NETWORK GEOMETRIES; PORE NETWORKS; PORE SPACES; RESEARCH CENTERS; RESEARCH FIELDS; SMALL SCALES; SOIL AGGREGATES; SOIL FUNCTIONS; SOIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SOIL PORES; SOIL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 56249132471     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.794647     Document Type: Conference Paper

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