High-resolution X-ray CT for 3D petrography of ferruginous sandstone for an investigation of building stone decay

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1006-1017

  Cnudde, Veerle ^a   Dewanckele, Jan ^a   Boone, Matthieu ^a   de Kock, Tim ^a   Boone, Marijn ^a   Brabant, Loes ^a   Dusar, Michiel ^b   de Ceukelaire, Marleen ^b   de Clercq, Hilde ^c   Hayen, Roald ^c   Jacobs, Patric ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage KIK IRPA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3D analysis; 3D microscopy

Indexed keywords

PORE SIZE; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

3-D MICROSCOPY; 3-D-ANALYSIS; 3D ANALYSIS; BELGIUM; BUILDING STONE; FERRUGINOUS SANDSTONES; HIGH RESOLUTION; NATURAL LANDSCAPES; STONE DECAY; X-RAY CT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 80255137130     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20987     Document Type: Article

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