JPOR: An ImageJ macro to quantify total optical porosity from blue-stained thin sections

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1850-1859

  Grove, Clayton ^a   Jerram, Dougal A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Image processing; Operator error; Petrology; Point count; Porosity

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; COUNTING ERRORS; DIGITAL IMAGE; FILM SCANNERS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MACRO-TOOLS; OPERATOR ERROR; POINT COUNT; POINT COUNTING; SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT; THIN SECTION; USER ADJUSTMENT;

IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; RESINS;

MACROS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICAL METHOD; PETROLOGY; POROSITY;

EID: 80054884480     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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