Image Analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments [Paperback]

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.Provides comprehensive overview of imaging techniques for paleoenvironmental reconstruction