Analytical Techniques for the Separation and SEM Identification of Heavy Minerals in Mudrocks: RESEARCH METHOD PAPER

M. A. Hanan, M. W. Totten

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., elemental X-ray maps, and backscatter electron imaging. Combinations of these techniques may be particularly effective for identifying opaque heavy...

Processes of Sediment-Wave Construction Along the Present Zaire Deep-Sea Meandering Channel: Role of Meanders and Flow Stripping

Sebastien Migeon,, Bruno Savoye, Nathalie Babonneau, France-Lucy Spy Andersson

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

.... The data used in this study include EM12 bathymetry and backscatter imagery, 3.5 kHz profiles, high-resolution seismic-reflection profiles...

GCAGS and Gulf Coast SEPM 44th Annual Meeting, October 6-7, 1994, Austin, Texas, - Abstracts, #90983 (1994).

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How clay grain coats inhibit quartz cement and preserve porosity in deeply buried sandstones: Observations and experiments

Joanna M. Ajdukiewicz, Richard E. Larese

AAPG Bulletin

... backscatter diffraction in the SEM: Journal of Microscopy, v. 195, p. 217225, doi:10.1046/j.1365-2818.1999.00572.x.Prior, D. J., P. W. Trimby, U. D...

Modern internal waves and internal tides along oceanic pycnoclines: Challenges and implications for ancient deep-marine baroclinic sands: Discussion

John B. Dunham, Arthur Saller

AAPG Bulletin

... in the Makassar Strait: Insights from high-resolution multibeam bathymetry and backscatter, sub-bottom profiles, and USBL-navigated cores: Proceedings...

Nano-Scale Porosity Analysis of a Permian Tight Gas Reservoir; #40821 (2011)

Philipp Antrett, Alexandra Vackiner, Uwe Wollenberg, Guillaume Desbois, Peter Kukla, Janos Urai, Harald Stollhofen, and Christoph Hilgers

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... and clay content were determined by adjusting a threshold manually. We used SEMBIB images, backscatter electron microscope (BSE) images and EDX...

The Role of Muddy Hyperpycnites in Shelfal Mudstones and Their Effect on Reservoir Quality: Examples From the Geneseo Formation of New York, USA; #51179 (2015)

Ryan D. Wilson, Juergen Schieber

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... of hyperpycnites (yellow arrows). C) and D) Backscatter image detailing the cellular structure of terrestrial phytodetritus. Wave-aided Hyperpycnite...

Diagenetic Evolution of the Cherry Valley Member of the Oatka Creek Formation, Marcellus Subgroup, New York, #51396 (2017).

Jonathan C. Root, Teresa E. Jordan

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... electron detector, with lesser use of a backscatter electron detector, to desecond step time (1,389 total steps and 306.2 seconds total scribe microtextural...

Pore-Scale Imaging of Solid Bitumens: Insights for Unconventional Reservoir Characterization; #80580 (2017)

Tim E. Ruble, Kultaransingh (Bobby) Hooghan, William Dorsey, Wayne R. Knowles, Christopher D. Laughrey

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... 5000X SEM BSE No major difference between secondary electron image and backscatter image…..still no evident porosity © 2013 Weatherford. All rights...

Geology, Evolution, and Mineral Potential of the Juan de Fuca Ridge

Janet L. Morton, William R. Normark, Dennis M. Mann; Donald H. Tompkins

Circum Pacific Council Publications

... floor is not broken by fissures or faults and is characterized by strong backscatter, suggesting that the floor is formed by fresh, unsedimented lava...

Hurricane Impact Analysis of a Louisiana Shallow Coastal Bay Bottom and Its Shallow Subsurface Geology

Angelina M. Freeman, Harry H. Roberts, Patrick D. Banks

GCAGS Transactions

... and (B) October 2005 post-hurricanes Katrina and Rita survey. The darker linear features indicate high backscatter associated with oyster shell areas...

Application of Environmental Organic Petrology and Geochemistry to Fingerprint Organic Pollutants in the Recent Sediments of Lake Ontario

P. K. Mukhopadhyay, M. A. Kruge, C. F. M. Lewis

Environmental Geosciences (DEG)

... areas on the geophysical records, representing zones of anomalous backscatter <20 m in width and ranging in length from several hundred meters to 2.5...

Age and Provenance of the Eocene Crandall Conglomerate: Implications for the Emplacement of the Heart Mountain Slide

David H. Malone, Jeremy R. Breeden, John P. Craddock, Mark H. Anders, Alison MacNamee

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... on the zircon fertility of the source and the natural grain-size sorting associated with depositional environments. A backscatter SEM image of zircons from...

Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Ordovician Lander Sandstone, Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming

Joseph D. McGuire, John P. Craddock, David H. Malone, Shawn J. Malone

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

... detector system (www.geoarizonasem.org). Backscatter SEM images for each sample are provided on Figure 6. Figure 6. Backscatter SEM images of Lander...

Petrographic and Geochemical Contrasts Between Calcite- and Dolomite-Filled Burrows in the Middle Devonian Lonely Bay Formation, Northwest Territories, Canada: Implications for Dolomite Formation in Paleozoic Burrows

Hilary J. Corlett, Brian Jones

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... and Trace-Elements Backscatter electron images of dolomite-filled burrows highlight a distinct boundary between the burrow with its diagenetic halo...

Kerogen-Bitumen-Porosity Nexus: Insights from Multi-Basinal Collocated SEM-Optical Light Petrography

Shaina Kelly, Michelle Johnston, Bernard Lee, Richard San Martin

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... performed with multiple reflected and transmitted light options, analysis of SEM images confines the interpreter to one modality, the backscatter...

Dispersal of Fine Sediments from River to Shelf: Process and Product

Bentley, Samuel J., Sr.

GCAGS Transactions

... conditions (see Fig. 2 for location). (A) Data from Optical Backscatter Sensors (OBS) on right axis, and color-shaded ssc from Acoustic Backscatter...

Petrographic and Geochemical Constraints on the Formation and Diagenesis of Anhydrite Cements, Smackover Sandstones, Gulf of Mexico

S. I. Dworkin , L. S. Land

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of a polarizing microscope and backscatter imaging on an electron microprobe. Trace-element and major-element concentrations in anhydrite were...

Experimental Production of Clay Rims by Macrobiotic Sediment Ingestion and Excretion Processes

Sarah J. Needham, Richard H. Worden, Duncan McIlroy

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... tank and transferred to air-tight containers ready for backscatter scanning electron microscopy (BSEM) analysis. All other samples were disaggregated...

Elastic Anisotropy of Source Rocks: Implications for Hydrocarbon Generation and Primary Migration

Lev Vernik , Charles Landis

AAPG Bulletin

... and thermal maturity. These data, in conjunction with detailed petrographic observations (optical microscopy, SEM backscatter imaging) and organic...

Correlative conformity or subtle unconformity? The distal expression of a sequence boundary in the Upper Cretaceous Mancos Shale, Henry Mountains Region, Utah, U.S.A.

Zhiyang Li,, Juergen Schieber

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... texture in FA1. Note mixture of coarse mud and fine mud particles due to bioturbation. F) SEM photomicrograph (backscatter mode) showing that FA1...

Quantifying flow in variably wet microporous carbonates using object-based geological modeling and both lattice-Boltzmann and pore-network fluid flow simulations

S. R. Harland, R. A. Wood, A. Curtis, M. I. J. van Dijke, K. Stratford, Z. Jiang, W. Kallel, and K. Sorbie

AAPG Bulletin

... to ensure that the sample had not been altered during preparation. Finally, backscatter images of highly polished, flat sample surfaces (Figure 2A, B...

Key Future Directions For Research On Turbidity Currents and Their Deposits

Peter J. Talling, Joshua Allin, Dominic A. Armitage, Robert W.C. Arnott, Matthieu J.B. Cartigny, Michael A. Clare, Fabrizio Felletti, Jacob A. Covault, Stephanie Girardclos, Ernst Hansen, Philip R. Hill, Richard N. Hiscott, Andrew J. Hogg, John Hughes Clarke, Zane R. Jobe, Giuseppe Malgesini, Alessandro Mozzato, Hajime Naruse, Sam Parkinson, Frank J. Peel, David J.W. Piper, Ed Pope, George Postma, Pete Rowley, Andrea Sguazzini, Christopher J. Stevenson, Esther J. Sumner, Zoltan Sylvester, Camilla Watts, Jingping Xu

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... sediment concentrations for turbidity currents in shallow water, typically using backscatter values from acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCPs...

A Universal Classification Scheme For the Microcrystals That Host Limestone Microporosity

Stephen E. Kaczmarek, Shawn M. Fullmer, Franciszek J. Hasiuk

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... light with the typical microporous “blue haze.” B) Backscatter SEM photomicrograph of the same epoxy-impregnated thin section showing micropores...

Displacive Widening of Calcite Veins in Shale: Insights Into the Force of Crystallization

Qingfeng Meng, John Hooker, Joe Cartwright

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... backscatter diffraction (EBSD): Scripta Materialia, v. 51, p. 771–776. Jenkyns, H.C., and Weedon, G.P., 2013, Chemostratigraphy (CaCO3, TOC, δ13Corg...