EMAS 2018
13th Regional Workshop on “Microbeam Analysis in the Earth Sciences”
4 - 7 September 2018, University of Bristol, Wills Hall, Bristol, Great Britain
Book of Tutorials and Abstracts
Edited by: S.L. Kearns
ISBN: 978 90 8227 694 7
Table of Contents
- Table of contents 3
- Foreword 7
- EMAS 2018 Welcome and Opening Addresses 8
- European Microbeam Analysis Society (EMAS): Executive Board 11
Sustaining Companies 15
- EMAS 2018 International Scientific and Local Organising Committees 17
- Workshop programme 19
- Sponsors 25
- Invited lectures 27
Macro-micro-nanoscale SEM/EDS of earth and planetary materials. 29
Tobias Salge, J. Spratt, S. Russell, R. Neumann, T. Mohr-Westheide, A. Greshake, W.U. Reimold, L. Ferrière, M.A. Cox and L. Daly
The application of SEM imaging techniques to the study of rare fossils. 47
Patrick J. Orr and S.L. Kearns
SEM element mapping: strengths, limitations and applications to petrography of volcanic rocks. 65
Duncan Muir
Electron probe microanalysis (EPMA in the Earth Sciences. 77
Richard D. Walshaw
Analysing silicate melt inclusions. 93
Ery C. Hughes, B. Buse, S.L Kearns, G. Kilgour, H. Mader and J. Blundy
Trace element analysis of extraterrestrial olivine. 103
Timothy Gregory
Transmission electron microscopy: mineralogy at the nanoscale. 113
Martin R. Lee
Cathodoluminescence in SEM and EPMA – Applications in geology and material sciences. 129
- Matat Jablon, O. Navon, C. Trager-Cowan, K.P. Mingard, R.W. Martin and P.R. Edwards
High-angular resolution electron backscatter diffraction as a new tool for mapping lattice distortion in geological materials. 133
David Wallis
Isotopic imaging of minerals with NanoSIMS. 147
Matt Kilburn
SIMS of synthetic and biological carbonates. 153
Nicola Allison
Application of secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) to the study of volatiles in melt inclusions. 163
Cees-Jan de Hoog
Laser ablation ICP-MS – From craters to calculations. 173
Jay Thompson, A. Norris and L. Danyushevsky
Analysis of sulphur concentrations and redox state in silicate glasses. 183
Duane Smythe, B.J. Wood and W.M. Nash
Detecting diagenesis: 87Sr/86Sr analysis of archaeological bioapatites by LA‑MC-ICPMS to assess diagenetic uptake of Sr in enamel. 195
Jamie Lewis, C.D. Coath and A.W.G. Pike
Synchrotron µ-X-ray absorption spectroscopy in the Earth Sciences. 199
Tina Geraki
Determining the redox state of iron in silicate glasses using XANES. 211
Andrew Matzen
X-ray tomography analysis and applications of µ-CT techniques for 3D visualisation in palaeobiology. 223
Tom G. Davies
Chemical and ultrastructural characterisation of pigmented soft tissues in fossil vertebrates and insects. 233
Maria McNamara
The use of Raman and micro-ATR (FTIR) spectroscopies to measure volatile species in silicate glasses. 237
Richard Brooker and D. Di Genova
Atom probe tomography: providing new insights into geological materials. 253
James Douglas, P.A.J. Bagot and M.P. Moody
Preparation of Earth Science materials for microbeam analysis. 265
Jon Wade
A forward look in applications of high-spatial resolution LA-ICP-MS U-Th-Pb geochronology. 281
Matthew Horstwood
New frontiers in isotope ratio measurement using collision cell, multi-collector plasma mass spectrometry. 283
Tim Elliott, J. Lewis, C.D. Coath, D. Bevan, H. Wehrs and J. Schwieters
Quantitative chemical analysis of diamond anvil cell experiments and other tiny samples. 291
Eleonor Jennings and J. Wade
High spatial resolution analysis of chemical zoning in volcanic crystals. 315
Jon Blundy, O. Melnik and R. Dohmen
- Abstracts of the contributed presentations 319
