The application of electron backscatter diffraction and orientation contrast imaging in the SEM to textural problems in rocks

American Mineralogist

Volumn 84, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 1741-1759

  Prior, David J ^h   Boyle, Alan P ^h   Brenker, Frank ^a   Cheadle, Michael C ^h   Austin, Day ^b   Lopez, Gloria ^c   Peruzzo, Luca ^h   Potts, Graham J ^h   Reddy, Steve ^d   Spiess, Richard ^h   Timms, Nick E ^e   Trimby, Pat ^f   Wheeler, John ^h   Zetterström, Lena ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b HKL Technology A/S   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; ROCKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACKSCATTERED ELECTRONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ELECTRON BACK SCATTER DIFFRACTION; EMPIRICAL QUANTIFICATION; MISORIENTATION BOUNDARIES; ORIENTATION CONTRAST IMAGING; TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT;

MINERALS;

BACKSCATTER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0033390424     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1999-11-1204     Document Type: Article

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