Abstract
This paper presents a practical sequence to study sand grains at the macroscopical scale. The approach consists of two mains phases, the recognition of the grains and the assessment of some of its characteristics. The method is validated on the dimensional features by comparison with a sieving procedure through the analysis of eight large sand samples of different locations.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Friedman, G.M., Sanders, J.E.: Principles of Sedimentology. Wiley, New York (1979)
Francus, P.: Image analysis, sediments and paleoenvironments. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (2004)
Francus, P.: An image-analysis technique to measure grain-size variation in thin section of soft clastic sediment. Sedimentary Geology 121, 289–298 (1998)
Heilbronner, R.: Automatic grain boundary detection and size analysis using polarization micrographs or orientation images. Jour. Struc. Geology 22, 969–981 (2000)
Rogen, B., Gommesen, L.E., Fabricius, I.L.: Grain size distribution of chalk from image analysis of electron micrographs. Comput. & Geosc. 27, 1071–1080 (2001)
Mertens, G., Elsen, J.: Use of computer assisted image analysis for the determination of the grain-size distribution of sands used in mortars. Cement and Concrete Research 36, 1453–1459 (2006)
Persson, A.L.: Image analysis of shape and size of fine aggregates. Engineering Geology 50, 177–186 (1998)
Balagurunathan, Y., Dougherty, E., Bilinski, S.F., Bilinski, H., Vdovic, N.: Morphological granulometric analysis of sediment images. Image Analysis and Stereology 20, 87–89 (2001)
Graham, D.J., Reid, I., Rice, S.P.: Automated sizing of coarse-grained sediments: Image processing procedures. Mathematical Geology 37(1), 1–28 (2005)
Beucher, S.: Lantuéjoul, Ch.: Use of watershed in contour detection. In: Proc. Int. Workshop on Image Processing: Real-Time Edge and Motion Detection/Estimation. Rennes, pp. 2.1–2.12 (1979)
Matheron, G.: Random sets and integral geometry. Wiley, New York (1975)
Carver, E.R.: Procedures in sedimentary petrology. Wiley, New York (1971)
Folk, R.L.: Petrology of sedimentary rocks. Hemphill Pub. Co., Austin (1965)
Davis, J.C.: Statistical and data analysis in geology. Wiley, New York (2002)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2007 Springer Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Lira, C., Pina, P. (2007). Sedimentological Analysis of Sands. In: Martí, J., Benedí, J.M., Mendonça, A.M., Serrat, J. (eds) Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis. IbPRIA 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4478. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72849-8_49
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72849-8_49
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-72848-1
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-72849-8
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)