MATHEMATICAL GEOLOGY

Volume 35, Number 7

October, 2003

Special Issue: BioGeoImages

      Guest Editor: Eric P. Verrecchia
 

Forward: Image analysis and morphometry of geological objects

      E.P. Verrecchia
 

Is it possible to characterize the geometry of a real porous medium by a direct measurement on a finite section? (1) The phase-retrieval problem

      Y. Anguy, R. Ehrlich & C. Mercet
 

Mathematical and image analysis of stromatolite morphogenesis

      M.T. Batchelor, R.V. Burne, B.I. Henry & S.D. Watt
 

Multiscale roughness analysis of particles: Application to the classification of detrital sediments

      H. Drolon, B. Hoyez, F. Druaux & A. Faure
 

Morphometry of quartz aggregates in granites: Fractal images referring to nucleation and growth processes

      Y.L. Gulbin & E.B. Evangulova
 

Morphological characteristics of till formations in relation with mechanical parameters

      T. Lebourg, J. Riss, R. Fabre & B. Clement
 

Elliptical descriptors: Some simplified morphometric parameters for the quantification of complex outlines

      M. Schmittbuhl, B. Allenbach, J.-L. Le Minor & A. Schaaf
 

Elliptical Fourier functions as a morphological descriptor of the genus Stenosaria (Brachiopoda, Terebratulida, New Caledonia)

      A. Tort
 

Geometrical measurement analysis versus Fourier series analysis for shape characterization using the gastropod shell (Trivia) as an example

      E. Dommergues, J.-L. Dommergues, F. Magniez, P. Neige & E.P. Verrrecchia
 

ASSOCIATION ANNOUCEMENT

2003 A.B. Vistelius Research Award

      Helmut Schaeben