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The basic method is to cover the area by a grid of points. Then for each of these points, the underlying object is identified. Then the estimate for the proportion of the area covered by the type of object is given as
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is a method to determine the proportion of an area that is covered by some objects of interest. In most cases the area is a
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or a polished slab. The objects of interest vary between subdisciplines and can for example be
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There exist many variations of this procedure that can for example vary in grid geometry.
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Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks: Analysis, Interpretation and Application
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Point counting (Geology)
geology
thin section
quartz
feldspar
sedimentology
mineral
petrology
taxonomic groups
paleontology
Gazzi-Dickinson method
doi
10.1007/978-3-642-03796-2
ISBN
978-3-642-03795-5

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