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High-resolution time-scales are important for the precise correlation of spatially distributed geological records, and further development of process-oriented models used to predict climate change and other terrestrial processes. The extraction of digital line-scan data from images of laminated sediments provides a tool for the rapid and non-invasive analysis of sedimentary records, including sediment and ice cores, and tree ring growth patterns.
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Prokoph, A., Patterson, R.T. (2005). From Depth Scale to Time Scale: Transforming Sediment Image Color Data into a High-Resolution Time Series. In: Francus, P. (eds) Image Analysis, Sediments and Paleoenvironments. Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2122-4_8
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