Application of Cathodoluminescence Imaging to the Study of Sedimentary Rocks Book

Preface     vii
Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction     1
Books dealing with cathodoluminescence microscopy and spectroscopy     2
Principles and Instrumentation     5
Cathodoluminescence and its causes     7
Introduction     7
Fundamental causes of cathodoluminescence     9
Kinds of luminescence centers     12
Summary statement     16
Instrumentation and techniques     19
Introduction     19
Cathodoluminescence imaging     20
Other microcharacterization techniques     37
Applications     47
Provenance interpretation     49
Introduction     49
Cathodoluminescence color of quartz as a provenance tool     50
Cathodoluminescence color of feldspars     56
Cathodoluminescence fabric analysis of quartz     57
Cathodoluminescence textures in feldspars     78
Cathodoluminescence features of zircon     79
Shocked quartz     81
Combined provenance techniques     82
Cathodoluminescence characteristics of diagenetic minerals and fabrics in siliciclastic sedimentary rocks     86
Introduction     86
Diagenetic processes and products     87
Luminescence characteristics and diagenesis of carbonate sedimentary rocks     109
Introduction     109
Luminescence centers and CL characteristics of carbonate minerals     110
Luminescence of marine carbonates     116
Applications     117
Miscellaneous applications of cathodoluminescence to sedimentary rocks     134
Introduction     134
Skeletal petrology     134
Study of nonskeletal apatite     136
Application to sedimentary ore deposits     138
Applications to petroleum geology     140
Applications to archeology     142
Applications to Precambrian rocks     144
References     148
Index     164