Litho- and biofacies analysis of postglacial marine mud using CT-Scanning

Engineering Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 106-111

  Gagnoud, Marie ^a   Lajeunesse, Patrick ^b   Desrosiers, Gaston ^a   Long, Bernard ^c   Dufour, Suzanne ^a   Labrie, Jacques ^c   Mermillod Blondin, Florian ^d   Stora, Georges ^e  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e LMGEM COM   (France)

Author keywords

Biofacies; CT Scan; Lithofacies; Postglacial marine sediments; Sedimentary structures

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LITHOLOGY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

BIOFACIES; CT-SCAN; LITHOFACIES; POSTGLACIAL MARINE SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOFACIES; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LITHOFACIES; MARINE SEDIMENT; MUD; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; POSTGLACIAL; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; WISCONSINAN;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

MACOMA BALTHICA;

EID: 58249122257     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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