Generalizable Data-Driven Techniques for Microstructural Analysis of Shales

Microstructure of a material determines the transport, chemical and mechanical properties. Geological materials and geomaterials are imaged using microscopy tools. The microscopy images are analyzed to better understand the microstructural topology and morphology. Image segmentation is an essential step prior to the microstructural analysis. In this study, we trained a Random Forest classifier to relate certain features corresponding to each...