Volume 35, Number 7

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 and C. Mercet

Mathematical and Image Analysis of Stromatolite Morphogenesis
M.T. Batchelor, R.V. Burne, B.I. Henry and S.D. Watt

Multiscale Roughness Analysis of Particles: Application to the Classification of Detrital sSdiments
H. Drolon, B. Hoyez, F. Druaux and A. Faure

Morphometry of Quartz Aggregates in Granites: Fractal Images Referring to Nucleation and Growth Processes
Y.L. Gulbin and E.B. Evangulova

Morphological Characteristics of Till Formations in Relation with Mechanical Parameters
T. Lebourg, J. Riss, R. Fabre and B. Clement

Elliptical Descriptors: Some Simplified Morphometric Parameters for the Quantification of Complex Outlines
M. Schmittbuhl, B. Allenbach, J.-L. Le Minor and 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 and E.P. Verrrecchia

ASSOCIATION ANNOUCEMENT
2003 A.B. Vistelius Research Award
Helmut Schaeben