Quantitative mineralogy and microanalysis of sediments and sedimentary rocks edited by Paul Sylvester, Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sylvester, Paul Joseph, editor.

Mineralogical Association of Canada, issuing body.

Series:

Short course series (Nepean, Ont.) v. 42

Short course series volume 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mineralogy--Study and teaching.

Mineralogy.

Sedimentary rocks--Study and teaching.

Sedimentary rocks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Mineralogy and microanalysis of sediments

Place of Publication:

Québec (Québec) Mineralogical Association of Canada (MAC) [2012]

Contents:

1. Use of the Mineral Liberation Analyzer (MLA) for Mineralogical Studies of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks

2. Combined FIB-SEM-TEM Techniques: Advanced Tools to Resolve Microstructures and Minerals Phases in Sedimentary Rocks

3. Application of Synchrotron Microanalysis to Studies of Soils, Sediments, Dust and Mine Waste

4. Light Stable Isotope Microanalysis of Clays in Sedimentary Rocks

5. Cathodoluminescence of Feldspar and Carbonate in Sedimentary Rocks

6. 3-D Characterization of Grain Size Distributions in Sandstone by Means of X-ray Computed Tomography

7. Remote and Field-based Imaging Spectroscopy for the Diagenetic Mineralogy of Sedimentary Rocks

8. Value of Heavy Minerals in Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks for Provenance, Transport History and Stratigraphic Correlation

9. Analysis of Heavy Minerals in Sediments by Computer-Controlled Scanning Electron Microscopy: Principles and Application

10. U-Pb Geochronology and Hf-isotope Geochemistry of Detrital Zircon in Sedimentary Systems

11. The Pb Isotopic Composition of Detrital K-Feldspar: A Tool for Constraining Provenance, Sedimentary Processes and Paleodrainage

12. Combined Apatite Fission Track and U-Pb Dating by LA-ICP-MS and its Application in Apatite Provenance Analysis

13. Application of Mineral Provenance Studies to Petroleum Exploration: Case Study of the Scotian Basin

14. SEM-MLA (Scanning Electron Microscope

Mineral Liberation Analyzer) Research on Indicator Minerals in Till and Stream Sediments

An Example from the Exploration for Awaruite in Newfoundland and Labrador

Notes:

"Short course sponsored by the Mineralogical Association of Canada, and delivered at the joint annual meeting of the GAC-MAC, St. John's, NL, 25-26 May, 2012"

Series editor: Robert Raeside

Print version record

Other Format:

Print version Quantitative mineralogy and microanalysis of sediments and sedimentary rocks

ISBN:

9780921294825

0921294824

OCLC:

1517256206

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