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Precision serial lapping, imaging and three-dimensional reconstruction of minus-cement and post-cementation intergranular pore-systems in the Penrith Sandstone of north-western England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

Mark R. Cooper  and
Robert H. Hunter
Mark R. Cooper
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
Robert H. Hunter
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
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Abstract

The application of serial lapping, imaging and image processing, and three-dimensional reconstruction techniques are discussed using the quartz-cemented Penrith Sandstone as an example. The study involves the characterization of the three-dimensional pore system microgeometry using combined back-scattered scanning electron and cathodoluminescence microscopy and focuses on the definition of post-compaction and post-cementation intergranular porosity networks. Sample preparation, section spacing and re-orientation and data presentation are described. Aspects of the application of serial section datasets and their limitations are discussed in relation to permeability studies.

Keywords

precision serial lappingimagingminus-cementPenrith sandstone
Type
Image analysis
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 59 , Issue 395 , June 1995 , pp. 213 - 220
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1995

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