Fractal Dimension and Maximum Roughness Applied as Sculpture Descriptor for Tektites

Mathematical Geosciences

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 711-720

  Rantzsch, Ulrike ^a   Franz, Alexandra ^a   Kloess, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Fractal dimension; Roughness; Tektite

Indexed keywords

BOX-COUNTING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTORS; EVALUATION METHOD; GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION; MEAN ROUGHNESS; MINKOWSKI SAUSAGE; NONDESTRUCTIVE METHODS; ONE-NUMBER; ROUGHNESS PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL TOOLS; SURFACE PROFILES; TEKTITE; THREE DIMENSIONS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

FRACTAL DIMENSION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VISUALIZATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEKTITE; TOMOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84864282213     PISSN: 18748961     EISSN: 18748953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-012-9391-8     Document Type: Article

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