Image Analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments

Cover -- Table of Contents -- The Editor -- Aims & Scope of Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research Book Series -- Editors and Board of Advisors of Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research Book Series -- List of Contributors -- 1. An introduction to image analysis, sediments and paleoenvironments -- Part I: Getting started with Imaging Techniques (or methodological introduction) -- 2. Image acquisition -- Introduction -- Image acquisition and paleoenvironmental research -- Sample preparation for image acquisition -- Acquisition methods -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 3. Image calibration, filtering and processing -- Introduction -- Image pre-processing -- Colour information and calibration -- Image processing -- Metadata -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix -- References -- 4. Image measurements -- Introduction -- Digital imaging and sampling theory -- Dealing with the available information -- Digital image analysis strategies -- Intensity and color analysis -- Blob analysis -- Structural analysis -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5. Testing for sources of errors in quantitative image analysis -- Introduction -- Some useful definitions -- Preparation errors -- Integration errors (sampling) -- Analysis errors -- Future directions -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part II: Application of Imaging Techniques on Macro- and Microscopic Samples -- 6. Digital sediment colour analysis as a method to obtain high resolution climate proxy records -- Introduction -- Image data collection -- Extracting colour data -- Light correction -- RGB to Lab conversion and colour calibration -- Mosaicking -- Examples and comparison with other methods -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7. Toward a non-linear grayscale calibration method for legacy photographic collections -- Introduction -- What is grayscale analysis? -- Evaluating the nonlinear correction method -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Metadata -- References -- 8. From depth scale to time scale: transforming sediment image color data into a high-resolution time series -- Introduction -- Wavelet analysis -- Image processing -- Methodology -- Testing of the method -- Example: Marine Laminated sediments from the west coast of Vancouver Island, NE Pacific -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 9. X-ray radiographs of sediment cores: a guide to analyzing diamicton -- Introduction -- Image acquisition -- Image processing -- Image measurement -- Advantages of using image analysis -- Drawbacks to image analysis -- Example: case study of five diamicton units from North Atlantic continental margins -- Future direction -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Metadata -- References -- 10. Application of X-ray radiography and densitometry in varve analysis -- Introduction -- Methods -- Examples from Lake Nautaj??arvi clastic-organic varves -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References --tidtid1.