A scanning electron microscopy image processing method for quantifying fabric orientation of clay geomaterials

被引:36
作者
Martínez-Nistal, A
Veniale, F
Setti, M
Cotecchia, F
机构
[1] Univ Oviedo, Serv Proceso Imagenes, Oviedo, Spain
[2] Univ Ferrara, Dipartimento Sci Terra, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
[3] Politecn Bari, Ist Geol Appl & Geotecn, Bari, Italy
关键词
clay geomaterials; SEM image processing; fabric orientation methodology;
D O I
10.1016/S0169-1317(98)00055-6
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A novel computerized procedure is presented for processing scanning electron (SEM) micrographs of argillaceous geomaterials in order to quantify the clay particle orientation. An index of fabric orientation is extrapolated from the pixels (512 X 512) with maximum brightness intensity, through an iteration 'thinning' process. A binary map of lines (vectors) is obtained which allows the determination of the clay particle orientation applying a line-following algorithm. The results are represented by a histogram (direction ranges at intervals of 10 degrees). (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:235 / 243
页数:9
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