Use of low-cost multistripe laser triangulation (MLT) scanning technology for three-dimensional, quantitative paleoichnological and neoichnological studies

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 80, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 590-610

  Platt, Brian F ^a   Hasiotis, Stephen T ^a   Hirmas, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; SOFTWARE TESTING; SOILS; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRIANGULATION;

3D DIGITAL MODELS; EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; LASER TRIANGULATION; MEASURING DISTANCES; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; RELATIVE COMPACTNESS; SPECIMEN SURFACES; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

SOIL TESTING;

ICHNOLOGY; LASER METHOD; SCANNER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRACE FOSSIL;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955731549     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2010.059     Document Type: Article

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