Backscattered Scanning Electron Microscopy and Image Analysis of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
Backscattered Scanning Electron Microscopy and Image Analysis of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
Kenneth Pye, University of Reading
Sam Boggs, Jr, University of Oregon
N. Keith Tovey, University of East Anglia
Backscattered Scanning Electron Microscopy (BSE) reveals the minerals, textures, and fabrics of sediments and rocks in much greater detail than is possible with conventional optical microscopy. Backscattered Scanning Electron Microscopy provides a concise summary of the BSE technique. This comprehensive guide uses abundant images to illustrate the type of information BSE yields and the application of the technique to the study of sediments and sedimentary rocks. The authors review the use of this petrographic technique on all the major sedimentary rock types, including sediment grains, sandstones, shales, carbonate rocks, rock varnish, and glauconite. They also describe image analysis techniques that allow quantification of backscattered scanning electron microscope images and illustrate the potential applications of these methods. Heavily illustrated and lucidly written, this book will provide researchers and graduate students with the most current research on this important geological tool.
- Lavishly illustrated with photographs of a wide range of rock types
- An atlas of the kind of information that this technique provides
- The only book on the subject
Reviews & endorsements
"This book documents the positive impacts of two devices, the backscattered electron (BSE) analyzer and the digital image analyzer, on the quality of sedimentological research with the modern SEM...the book is well written. It was edited by four authors who are experienced in this aspect of sedimentary petrology and well regarded by their peers, and it contains many clear, high-quality reproductions of SEM microphotographs...I am certainly glad to have it on my shelf, because...it is a landmark in its field." EOS
"I felt that I had a lot from the examples presented in this book, and that they had provoked a number of new ideas. Throughout, I gained the impression that the intention was not to simply present a review of previous applications, but instead to show how many new things could be done...I think that the book will be useful source for ideas for academic and professional geologists, and geotechnical companies and researchers. Worth having." Geological Magazine July 2001
Product details
July 1998Hardback
9780521453462
203 pages
209 × 262 × 19 mm
0.785kg
163 b/w illus. 5 tables
Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
- 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.
