Image Analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Francus, Pierre (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2004.
• Series: Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, 7
• Subjects: Engineering.; Geology.; Paleontology.; Sedimentology.; Oceanography.; Climate change.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Climate Change.

Table of Contents:

• An Introduction to Image Analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments
• An Introduction to Image Analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments
• Getting started with Imaging Techniques (or methodological introduction)
• Image Acquisition
• Image Calibration, Filtering, and Processing
• Image Measurements
• Testing for Sources of Errors in Quantitative Image Analysis
• Application of Imaging Techniques on Macro- and Microscopic Samples
• Digital Sediment Colour Analysis as a Method to Obtain High Resolution Climate Proxy Records
• Toward a Non-Linear Grayscale Calibration Method for Legacy Photographic Collections
• From Depth Scale to Time Scale: Transforming Sediment Image Color Data into a High-Resolution Time Series
• X-Ray Radiographs of Sediment Cores: A Guide to Analyzing Diamicton
• Application of X-Ray Radiography and Densitometry in Varve Analysis
• Processing Backscattered Electron Digital Images of Thin Section
• Advanced Techniques
• Automated Particle Analysis: Calcareous Microfossils
• Software Aspects of Automated Recognition of Particles: The Example of Pollen
• Multiresolution Analysis of Shell Growth Increments to Detect Variations in Natural Cycles.