Quantitative characterization of micro-topography: a bibliography of industrial surface metrology – R. J. Pike and Tom R. Thomas
A comprehensive bibliography of surface metrology, the numerical description and analysis of manufactured surfaces, improves access to research on topographic quantification that lies outside the usual Earth-science sources. A brief essay accompanying the 4800 literature citations introduces the field of industrial surface metrology to geomorphologists and other Earth scientists, describes similarities and differences between the…