An automated system for the statistical analysis of sediment texture and structure at the micro scale

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1374-1383

  Lewis, Ted ^a   Francus, Pierre ^b   Bradley, Raymond S ^a   Kanamaru, Kinuyo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Image analysis; ImageJ; Macro; Particle size; Sediment

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED SYSTEMS; IMAGEJ; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; MARINE RECORD; MARINE SEDIMENTS; MICRO-SCALES; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARES; RAPID ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TEXTURES; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SMALL REGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUTOMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHM; DEPOSITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEXTURE;

EID: 77956718239     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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