An ImageJ plugin for the rapid morphological characterization of separated particles and an initial application to placer gold analysis

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 347-359

  Crawford, Evan C ^a   Mortensen, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alluvial transport; Fourier analysis; Image analysis; Klondike

Indexed keywords

FOURIER ANALYSIS; GOLD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; PLACERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL TRANSPORT; ARCHEOLOGICAL ARTIFACTS; AUTOMATED IMAGE ANALYSES; CONVENTIONAL MEASUREMENTS; FOURIER; KLONDIKE; LARGE DATA SETS; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NUMEROUS APPLICATIONS; OPEN SOURCES; SHAPE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT DISTANCES;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DATA SET; FOURIER TRANSFORM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GOLD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PLACER DEPOSIT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOFTWARE;

CANADA; KLONDIKE; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 58349093895     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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