Oxygen Isotope Analysis of Authigenic Quartz in Sandstones: A Comparison of Ion Microprobe and Conventional Analytical Techniques

Quartz Cementation in Sandstones

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 299-316

  Lyon, I C ^a   Burley, S D ^a,b,d   McKeever, P J ^a,e   Saxton, J M ^a   MaCaulay, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BG Technology   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORTHERN IRELAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cathodoluminescence (CL) or scanning electron microscopy; High resolution oxygen isotope analysis; Ion probe instrumentation; Ion probe oxygen isotope measurements; Oxygen isotope analysis of authigenic quartz in sandstones; Oxygen isotope analysis of quartz overgrowths in sandstones; Oxygen isotopes constraining temperature of authigenic mineral precipitation

Indexed keywords

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FLUORINATION; HALOGENATION; ION MICROSCOPES; IONS; ISOTOPES; PROBES; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS;

AUTHIGENIC; AUTHIGENIC MINERALS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; ION PROBE; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

SANDSTONE;

EID: 0001913544     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444304237.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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