A Comparison of Nanometer-Scale Growth and Dissolution Features on Natural and Synthetic Dolomite Crystals: Implications for the Origin of Dolomite

Stephen E. Kaczmarek, Duncan F. Sibley

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... are inferred from the surface nanotopography of natural and synthetic dolomite using atomic force and scanning electron microscopy. Synthetic...

Characterisation of Surat Basin Walloon Interburden and Overlying Springbok Sandstone: A Focus on Methane Adsorption Isotherms, Permeability and Gas Content

Syed Shabbar Raza, Julie Pearce, Pradeep Shukla, Phil Hayes, Victor Rudolph

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal

..., quantitative clay analysis XRD, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), skeleton density, stratigraphy, total carbon contents (TC), total organic carbon (TOC...

Textures in Layered Silicates: Progressive Changes Through Diagenesis and Low-Temperature Metamorphism

Jung Hoo Lee, Jung Ho Ahn, Donald R. Peacor

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... by conventional optical techniques. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) can provide data on external morphology, especially in coarse-grained rocks...

Silver Coating Inhibits Electron Microprobe Beam Damage of Carbonates: RESEARCH METHOD PAPER

Michael P. Smith

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

.... GOLDSTEIN, J. I., NEWBURY, D. E., ECHLIN, P., JOY, D. C., FIORI, C., AND LIFSHIN, E., 1981, Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis: New York...

Abstract: High Resolution Quantitative Characterization of Organic Rich Mudstones using Laser Confocal Microscopy and Micro-FTffi Imaging; #90283 (2016)

T. D. Jobe, D. Jacobi, S. Csutak, S. Eichmann, W. Li

Search and Discovery.com

... methods for imaging mudstone microtextures include transmitted light microscopy and electron beam microscopy. These methods, however, either limit...

The Fidelity of Microstructural Drilling Predation Traces to Gastropod Radula Morphology: Paleoecological Applications

Carrie L. Tyler, James D. Schiffbauer

PALAIOS

... shell–predator radula pairs were analyzed under environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) to comparatively assess spacing of radula intercusps...

Regional variability of Caney Shale elemental composition, mineralogy, and petrophysical properties: Ardmore Basin, Oklahoma

Brittany V. Stroud, Abbas Seyedolali, Matthew J. Pranter

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

..., and petrophysical properties of the Caney Shale, this work utilizes petrography, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and XRay Fluorescence (XRF...

SIMS analysis shows wide range in calcite microcrystal D18O with implications for diagenetic studies and chemostratigraphy

Franek J. Hasiuk, Chanse J. Rinderknecht

International Meeting for Applied Geoscience and Energy (IMAGE)

... calcite microcrystals via scanning electron microscopy-electron dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) from depositional chalks has shown zonation (Rinderknecht...

Feature Detection for Digital Images Using Machine Learning Algorithms and Image Processing

Xiao Tian, Hugh Daigle, Han Jiang

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... their properties is crucial for accurate shale production prediction and implementing effective stimulation strategies. Scanning electron microscope (SEM...

Pore Types in the Barnett and Woodford Gas Shales: Contribution to Understanding Gas Storage and Migration Pathways in Fine-Grained Rocks; #80166 (2011)

Roger M. Slatt and Neal R. O’Brien

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... images of the pores [most notably through argon-ion milling/field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM)] have all been well documented...

Reservoir Property Implications of Pore Geometry Modification Accompanying Sand Diagenesis: Anahuac Formation, Louisiana: Part 3. Applications in Exploration and Production

Michael T. Holland

AAPG Special Volumes

... scanning electron microscopy, petrographic examination, mercury injection, and simulated in-situ reservoir condition core testing. Secondary pore size...

Micropetrographic Applications to the Study of Sedimentary Rocks: Some Gulf Coast Examples

Robert M. Reed, Robert G. Loucks, and Priyanka Periwal

GCAGS Transactions

... 2025 373 74 1 Micropetrography, an expansion of traditional petrography using the scanning electron microscope (SEM), can provide important observations...

UNALTERED NACRE FROM THE PENNSYLVANIAN BUCKHORN ASPHALT, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ARMS RACE BETWEEN MOLLUSKS AND THEIR PREDATORS

MICHAEL J. VENDRASCO, ANTONIO G. CHECA, RICHARD L. SQUIRES, CARLOS M. PINA

PALAIOS

... material. Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), Electron Backscatter Detection (EBSD), and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) reveal...

Composite Particles in Mudstones: Examples from the Late Cretaceous Tununk Shale Member of the Mancos Shale Formation

Zhiyang Li, Juergen Schieber

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

.... In this study, the Tununk Shale in Utah has been examined by optical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to determine how variations...

Nannoplankton in the First Speckled Shale from the Upper Cretaceous Colorado Group, Alberta: GEOLOGICAL NOTE

B. G. Langhus

CSPG Bulletin

... resolving power to examine the arrangement of the nannofossils in the speckled shales. The Scanning Electron Microscope, (SEM), is a research tool ideally...

EXTENDED ABSTRACT: Emissions of exceptionally high fluorine from uncontrolled coal fires in Jharia, India

Robert B. Finkelman, Sukalyan Chakraborty, Wasim Akram Shaikh, Abhishek Kumar, Leah Thompson

The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)

.... 3). The possible health impacts of these high concentrations of fluorine should be investigated. Figure 1. Scanning Electron image of cryptohalite...

Abstract: Geotechnical Properties of Mining Waste Stabilised with Lime … Gypsum (Poster 14 (PS14))

Baba Musta

Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM)

... using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Scanning electron microscopic (SEM). In this study, different percentages of lime, gypsum and fine material were...

ABSTRACT: SEM/X-Ray Imaging Method in Petrographic Modal Analysis, by Long-Cheng Liang; #91022 (1989)

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St. Peter Sandstone: A Closer Look

Michael W. Grutzeck

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... in this study was obtained using an ISI DS-130 scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipped with an energy-dispersive X-ray analyzer (EDX). The mineralogy...

Composition and Genesis of Temperate, Shallow-Marine Carbonate Muds: Spencer Gulf, South Australia

Laura G. O'Connell, Noel P. James

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

...), rather than on the composition of the particles themselves. Hay and Wise (1970) introduced the method of using scanning electron microscopy (SEM...

Integrated Microstructural Characterisation of Caney Shale, OK

Mileva Radonjic, Guofan Luo, Yulun Wang, Mercy Achang, Julie Cains, Allan Katende, Jim Puckette, Mike Grammer, George E. King

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

... (SEM/EDS): Samples for scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) analysis were prepared by cutting (using SMART CUTT M...

PROCESSES OF DOLOMITIZATION — IMPORTANT FACTORS INFLUENCING PORE GEOMETRY AND RESERVOIR QUALITY IN MISSISSIPPIAN INNER SHELF CARBONATES OF SOUTHEASTERN SASKATCHEWAN

D. M. KENT, M. C. AKHURST, AND J. B. BURTON

Saskatchewan Geological Society

... analyses supplemented by scanning electron microscopy aid elucidation of the processes that created the dolomitized reservoir rocks. There is fairly...

Pore types in the Barnett and Woodford gas shales: Contribution to understanding gas storage and migration pathways in fine-grained rocks

Roger M. Slatt, Neal R. O'Brien

AAPG Bulletin

..., such as by argon-ion milling and/or field emission scanning electron microscopy, have all been well documented and discussed for unconventional gas shales...

Introduction

AAPG Special Volumes

... electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction, and cathodoluminescence (discussed in a section entitled "Techniques"). The proper identification...

Geochemically-Driven Petrophysical Transformations in Caney Shale and Their Impact on Reservoir Productivity

Gabriel Awejori, Wenming Dong, Christine Doughty, Mileva Radonjic

Unconventional Resources Technology Conference (URTEC)

.... Scanning electron microscopy is used to study the microstructural configuration of the polished rock- slabs. This is achieved with Scios scanning electron...