The essence of FIA: a study of the distribution of foliation intersection axes data and its significance from hand sample to regional scales
Huddlestone-Holmes, Cameron Russell (2005) The essence of FIA: a study of the distribution of foliation intersection axes data and its significance from hand sample to regional scales. PhD thesis, James Cook University.
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Abstract
This study demonstrates how high-resolution X-ray computed tomography can be used to determine the geometry of curved inclusion trails in garnet porphyroblasts. For the first time, the three-dimensional geometry of these features is shown as an animation, a stereo pair, a VRML model and two-dimensional sections. The spatial resolution of the data in this study, approximately 10 μm, is high enough to resolve inclusions, and finer resolutions are possible. Comparisons of scan imagery to thin section and microprobe data demonstrate that many typical inclusion phases in garnet porphyroblasts can be clearly distinguished, including quartz, ilmenite and monazite. A sodium metatungstate solution with a density of 1.19 g/cm3 was used for a wedge calibration during scanning, reducing artifacts to a minimum and allowing maximum image contrast. The overall conclusion of this study is that high-resolution X-ray computed tomography is a quick, non-destructive technique that is invaluable in the study of porphyroblast microstructure. The three-dimensional data generated by this technique can be compared with geometries predicted by the varying theoretical models for the formation of curved inclusion trails in garnet porphyroblasts. They can also be analyzed to determine the three-dimensional orientation of curvature axes in individual porphyroblasts, which has not been possible until now.
| Item ID: | 52 |
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| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
| Keywords: | High-resolution x-ray computed tomography, Curved inclusion trails, Garnet porphyroblasts, Three-dimensional geometry, VRML model, Porphyroblast microstructure |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jun 2007 |
| FoR Codes: | 04 EARTH SCIENCES > 0403 Geology > 040312 Structural Geology @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 97 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 970104 Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences @ 100% |
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