AnalysisAnalysis (: analyses) is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts in order to gain a better understanding of it. The technique has been applied in the study of mathematics and logic since before Aristotle (384–322 B.C.), though analysis as a formal concept is a relatively recent development. The word comes from the Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (analysis, "a breaking-up" or "an untying;" from ana- "up, throughout" and lysis "a loosening"). From it also comes the word's plural, analyses.
Digital image processingDigital image processing is the use of a digital computer to process s through an algorithm. As a subcategory or field of digital signal processing, digital image processing has many advantages over . It allows a much wider range of algorithms to be applied to the input data and can avoid problems such as the build-up of noise and distortion during processing. Since images are defined over two dimensions (perhaps more) digital image processing may be modeled in the form of multidimensional systems.
StratigraphieLa stratigraphie est une discipline des sciences de la Terre qui étudie la succession des différentes couches géologiques ou strates. Il s'agit d'une approche intégrée, en ce que des résultats apportés par la géochimie, la paléontologie, la pétrographie, l'astronomie... sont réunis et exploités à travers différentes méthodes : biostratigraphie, chimiostratigraphie, lithostratigraphie, magnétostratigraphie, cyclostratigraphie...
QuasiperiodicityQuasiperiodicity is the property of a system that displays irregular periodicity. Periodic behavior is defined as recurring at regular intervals, such as "every 24 hours". Quasiperiodic behavior is a pattern of recurrence with a component of unpredictability that does not lend itself to precise measurement. It is different from the mathematical concept of an almost periodic function, which has increasing regularity over multiple periods. Climate oscillations that appear to follow a regular pattern but which do not have a fixed period are called quasiperiodic.
Lithostratigraphiethumb|upright=1.2|Les couches géologiques en Salta (Argentine). La lithostratigraphie est une approche stratigraphique consistant en l'étude des empilements sédimentaires, d'un point de vue géométrique, lithologique et pétrographique. La lithostratigraphie définit des unités lithostratigraphiques d'après la reconnaissance de faciès et de discontinuités, en accord avec la loi de Walther (la succession verticale des faciès reflète une migration latérale des paléoenvironnements).
