Quantifying microwear on experimental mistassini quartzite scrapers: Preliminary results of exploratory research using LSCM and scale-sensitive fractal analysis

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Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-39

  Stemp, W James ^a   Lerner, Harry J ^b   Kristant, Elaine H ^c  

^a KEENE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

fractals; laser scanning confocal microscopy; quartzite; relative area; use wear

Indexed keywords

CONTACT MATERIAL; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; MATERIAL VARIATION; MATHEMATICAL ALGORITHMS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; MICRO-WEAR; MULTIPLE SCALE; QUARTZITE; RELATIVE AREA; TOOL SURFACES; USE-WEAR;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FRACTALS; LASER APPLICATIONS; QUARTZ; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TOOLS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

QUARTZITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MISTASSINI QUARTZITE SCRAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUGHNESS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84874118350     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: 19328745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.21032     Document Type: Article

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