Four-dimensional X-ray micro-tomography imaging of dynamic processes in geosciences
Catherine Noiriel,F. Renard +1 more
TL;DR: X-ray micro-tomography (XMT) offers an unprecedented opportunity to add the fourth dimension, i.e. time, to the three-dimensional spatial visualization of rock and mineral microstructures as discussed by the authors .
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About: This article is published in Comptes Rendus Geoscience. The article was published on 12 Jul 2022. and is currently open access. The article focuses on the topics: Geology & Tomography.
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