Backscattered Scanning Electron Microscopy and Image Analysis of - Sediments and Sedimentary Rock

Informationen zum Autor Professor Ken Pye is an internationally renowned geomorphologist and sedimentologist who is the author or co-author of numerous books and journal articles. In addition to his current role as Director of Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd he has held academic appointments at the universities of Cambridge, Reading and Royal Holloway, London. Currently he is also a Visiting Professor at the School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Southampton. His books include Aeolian Dust and Dust Deposits (1987), Aeolian Sand and Sand Dunes (2009), Saltmarshes (Cambridge University Press, 1992) and Sediment Transport and Depositional Processes (1994). Zusammenfassung This concise summary uses abundant images to illustrate the type of information backscattered scanning electron microscopy (BSE) yields and the application of the technique to the study of sediments and sedimentary rocks. Heavily illustrated. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The nature of backscattered scanning electron images; 3. Sediment grains, weathering, and early diagenetic phenomena; 4. Sandstones; 5. Shales; 6. Carbonates; 7. Desert (rock) varnish; 8. Glauconite; 9. Image processing and image analysis.

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• Authors: Jr Boggs, Sam Boggs, Sam Jr. Boggs, Sam Boggs Jr, David H. Krinsley, David H. (University of Oregon) Pye Krinsley, David H. Pye Krinsley, Krinsley David H., Kenneth Pye, Pye Kenneth, Tovey N. Keith
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2005
• EAN: 9780521019743
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01974-3
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Electricity, magnetism, optics; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, Petrology, Petrology, petrography and mineralogy