More than half of the world's petroleum is to be found in carbonate rocks, for example in the Middle East, the former USSR and in North America. These rocks show a bewildering diversity of grains and textures, due in part to the wealth of different fossil organisms which have co…
Careful petrographic study of carbonate sediments with a polarising microscope reveals the possibilities of petroleum content. This atlas is designed to be kept in the laboratory as an aid to identifying samples in research, teaching or industry.
Rocks and minerals in thin section
by Brodie, K. H., MacKenzie, W. S., Adams, A. E., Taylor & Francis
The Second Edition of this concise, clear, and handy-sized volume, highly respected and successful authors explain to the reader, with the help of 180 superb color photomicrographs, how to observe, describe and identify thin section samples of rocks and minerals using the polari…
The Second Edition of this concise, clear, and handy-sized volume, highly respected and successful authors explain to the reader, with the help of 180 superb color photomicrographs, how to observe, describe and identify thin section samples of rocks and minerals using the polari…
"This concise, clear and handy-sized volume, aimed at the undergraduate level, provides an introduction to the observation, description and identification in thin section, using the polarizing microscope, of samples of the commonly-occurring rocks and minerals. Illustrated with …
This concise, clear and handy-sized volume, aimed at the undergraduate level, provides an introduction to the observation, description and identification in thin section, using the polarizing microscope, of samples of the commonly occurring rocks and minerals. Illustrated with a…
The Second Edition of this concise, clear, and handy-sized volume, highly respected and successful authors explain to the reader, with the help of 180 superb color photomicrographs, how to observe, describe and identify thin section samples of rocks and minerals using the polari…
This full-colour handbook illustrates the appearance of common rock-forming minerals as seen in thin section under the polarizing microscope. The book contains over 200 photomicrographs accompanied by short descriptions and summaries of the optical properties of the various mine…