Microstructural imaging techniques: A comparison between light and scanning electron microscopy

Tectonophysics

Volumn 303, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 71-81

  Trimby, Patrick W ^a,b   Prior, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crystallographic orientation; Microscopy; Microstructure; SEM

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGING METHOD; MICROSCOPY; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0033559704     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00263-7     Document Type: Article

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