New technology and methodology for assessing sandstone composition: A preliminary case study using a quantitative electron microscope scanner (QEMScan)

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 487, Issue , 2012, Pages 177-194

  Allen, Jessica L ^a   Johnson, Cari L ^b   Heumann, Matthew J ^c   Gooley, Jared ^a   Gallin, William ^d  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

^d HESS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; ERRORS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MINERALS; SANDSTONE; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ANALYTICAL TOOL; COMPLEMENTARY DATA; MODAL COMPOSITION; PROVENANCE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SANDSTONE COMPOSITION; SOLID MATERIAL; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MONGOLIA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84866562963     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2012.2487(11)     Document Type: Article

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