New methods applied to the microstructure analysis of Messel oil shale: Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM) and Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy (ESEM)

Geological Magazine

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 469-478

  Nix, Thomas ^a   Feist Burkhardt, Susanne ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black shale; Dehydration; Laser methods; Microstructure; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DEHYDRATION; GEOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; OIL SHALE; ORGANIC LASERS; ORGANIC MINERALS;

BLACK SHALES; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (ESEM); INITIAL DISPLACEMENTS; LASER METHOD; MICRO-STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC-RICH SEDIMENT;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BLACK SHALE; CLAY MINERAL; DEHYDRATION; LITHOFACIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; OIL SHALE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GERMANY; HESSE; MESSEL;

EID: 0141484426     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756803008094     Document Type: Article

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