Abstract Image processing techniques, including the Analyze Particles tool offered by Fiji software and the Intensity Profile by ICY (IP-ICY), were applied in core and outcrop examples to improve characterization of autocomposite ichnofabrics. Analyze Particles gives information about particle shape and size in the studied image. This tool was applied to Chondrites assemblages in composite ichnofabrics in view of selected images of modern marine hemipelagic cores from Site U1385 of IODP Expedition 339. Differences in size, relative abundance, density and distribution of Chondrites were interpreted as related to variations within the population of Chondrites tracemakers. Intensity Profile quantifies pixel values of the infilling material of traces, proving helpful to discriminate between specimens, evaluate the horizon of colonization, and approach the penetration depth. Its application to the analysis of Zoophycos improves characterization of composite ichnofabrics from deep-sea pelagic calcilutites of the Petra Tou Romiou section (Eocene Lefkara Formation; southern Cyprus). Some suites of Zoophycos were interpreted as associated with different phases of colonization from several horizons. Moreover, it was possible to discriminate structures pertaining to different specimens, as opposed to those from the same specimen.

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图像处理技术，以改善复合涂层的表征

摘要 图像处理技术，包括 Fiji 软件提供的分析粒子工具和 ICY 的强度剖面 (IP-ICY)，被应用于岩心和露头示例，以改进自动复合 ichnofabrics 的表征。分析粒子提供有关研究图像中粒子形状和大小的信息。鉴于来自 IODP 远征 339 号站点 U1385​​ 的现代海洋半远洋核心的选定图像，该工具被应用于复合陨石织物中的球粒陨石组合。球粒陨石的大小、相对丰度、密度和分布的差异被解释为与种群内的变化有关。球粒陨石示踪剂。Intensity Profile 量化了痕迹填充材料的像素值，证明有助于区分样本，评估定植范围，并接近穿透深度。其在 Zoophycos 分析中的应用改进了对来自 Petra Tou Romiou 剖面（始新世 Lefkara 组；塞浦路斯南部）深海远洋方解石的复合岩质织物的表征。Zoophycos 的一些套件被解释为与来自多个层面的不同殖民阶段有关。此外，可以区分属于不同样本的结构，而不是来自同一样本的结构。