Cryogenic vitrification and 3D serial sectioning using high resolution cryo-FIB SEM technology for brine-filled grain boundaries in halite: First results

Geofluids

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-72

  Desbois, Guillaume ^a   Urai, J L ^a   Burkhardt, C ^b   Drury, M R ^c   Hayles, M ^d   Humbel, B ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

Brine; Cryo SEM; FIB; Grain boundary; Halite; Serial sectioning; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC FLUID; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN BOUNDARY; HALITE; METHODOLOGY; P-T CONDITIONS; SALT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 38649108533     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2007.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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