EBSD in the earth sciences: Applications, common practice, and challenges

Electron Backscatter Diffraction in Materials Science

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 345-360

  Prior, David J ^a   Mariani, Elisabetta ^a   Wheeler, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-88136-2_26     Document Type: Chapter

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