Some observations from radiometric '8 bit' data of sediment thin sections based on alternative petrographic image analysis method

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-173

  Dey, Sudip ^a   Ghosh, Suvendu ^a   Debbarma, Chandrani ^a   Sarkar, Prasamita ^a   Marfai, Mhu Aris ^b,c   Maiti, Sabyasachi ^d  

^a TRIPURA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Coverage analysis; Digital number; Microstructure; Reflectance; Sediment layers

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL MAPPING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PETROGRAPHY; RADIOMETER; REFLECTANCE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT PROPERTY;

EID: 70349737742     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-009-0025-6     Document Type: Article

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