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Updated: April 24. 2013
Miscellaneous articles dealing with EPMA (WDS/EDS), SEM and other related techniques.
Poorly understood X-ray lines (what, you thought everything was discovered already?)
- Fischer and Baun, 1967, Self-absorption effects in the soft x-ray Ma and Mb emission spectra of the Rare Earth Elements
Unconventional EPMA (e.g. gas bubbles)
- Verwerft, M, J of Nuclear Materials, 2000, Multiple voltage electron probe microanalysis of fission gas bubbles in irradiated nuclear fuel
3D Imaging using electrons, x-rays, etc
- Johnson, S. E.: Unravelling the spirals: a serial thin-section study and three-dimensional computer-aided reconstruction of spiral-shaped inclusion trails in garnet porphyroblasts." Journal of Metamorphic Geology 11.5 (2007): 621-634
- Carlson, William D.Three-dimensional imaging of earth and planetary materials." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 249.3 (2006): 133-147
- Huddlestone-Holmes, Cameron R., and Richard A. Ketcham: Getting the inside story: using computed X-ray tomography to study inclusion trails in garnet porphyroblasts." American Mineralogist 90.11-12 (2005): ea1-ea17
F I B
- McMahon et al, 2009, Microscopy Today, 2009, Applications of SEM/FIB Instrumentation in the Integrated Sciences
- Schiffbauer and Xiao, 2009, Palaios: Novel application of FIB-EM in preparation and analysis of microfossil ultrastructures
- Heaney et al, 2001, Am. Min., FIB milling: a method of site-specific sample extraction for microanalysis of Earth and planetary materials
Forescatter Imaging
- Prior et al: 1996, Mineralogical Magazine, on Orientation contrast imaging using forescatter detectors
THIN FILMS
- Pouchou - 1993 Analytica Chimica Acta: X-ray microanalysis of stratified specimens
- Pouchou -2002 Mikrochimia Acta: X-ray microanalysis of thin surface films and coatings
CathodoLuminescence (CL)
- Ramseyer et al (1989): A CL Microscope for Low Intensity Luminescence (Journal Sedimentary Research, vol 59, p 619-622)
- Reed and Milliken (2003): How to overcome imaging problems associated with carbonate minerals in SEM-based CL systems (Journal Sedimentary Research, vol 73)
- Provenance studies of fine grained sediments with scanned CL of quartz: by Schieber et al, Lunar Planetary Science 2 page
- 12 page FAQ about CL from Gatan
- 7 page note from Gatan about high spatial resolution of CL imaging
Synchrotron Radiation x-ray microanalysis
- Josef Frisch ppt on Synchrotron Radiation Sources and Free Electron Lasers
- Janssens et al 1993 Analytic Chimica Acta: Synchrotron radiation-induced x-ray microanalysis
- 56 page chapter on cyclotrons and synchrotrons
Geological-mineral studies with epma
- Mankinen and Dalrymple (EPSL 1972): Electron microprobe evaluation of terrestrial basalts from whole-rock K-Ar dating
- Akimoto et al (EPSL 1984): Electron probe microanalysis study on processes of low-temperature oxidation of titanomagnetite
- Montel et al. 1996 Chemical Geology: Electron microprobe dating of monazite
others
- Direct determination of ferrous-ferric concentrations with the electron microprobe: 1 page abstract: Fialin, Wagner and Humler, 2000 Goldschmidt
- 17 page article explaining Scintillation detectors by H. Spieler of LBNL, 1999
- Grazing-exit electron probe microanalysis, 4 page article by Tsuji