A new method for quantitative petrography based on image processing of chemical element maps: Part II. Semi-quantitative porosity maps superimposed on mineral maps

American Mineralogist

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1389-1398

  Prêt, Dimitri ^a,b   Sammartino, Stephane ^b,d   Beaufort, Daniel ^a   Fialin, Michel ^c   Sardini, Paul ^a   Cosenza, Philippe ^a   Meunier, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b Etudes Recherches Materiaux   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical map; Clay; Electron microprobe; Microanalysis; Microstructure; Porosity map; Software; Texture

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CLAY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CRYSTALS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PETROPHYSICS; TEXTURES;

ELECTRON MICROPROBES; ELECTRON PROBE MICRO ANALYZER; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POROSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; POROSITY MEASUREMENT; ROCK-FORMING MINERALS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; TEXTURAL HETEROGENEITIES;

POROSITY;

CLAY; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAP; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; SIZE STRUCTURE; SOFTWARE; TEXTURE;

EID: 77957607706     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2010.3433     Document Type: Article

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