VGP12A:
3D Imaging of Natural and Artificial Earth Materials I

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Session ID#: 6819

Session Description:
The ability to investigate objects in three dimensions at spatial scales down to micrometers is becoming essential to the study of Earth materials, both natural (igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary) and artificial (experimental charges, synthesized materials). With a growing number of facilities and devices becoming available to the scientific community, the number of users is growing, leading to the coupling of existing techniques with other methods and the development of new ones.

Contributions using well established methods of 3D imaging (e.g. X-ray tomography, neutron tomography, serial sectioning) as well as those with emerging or less commonly used methods (e.g. SEM techniques, optical tomography) are welcome and encouraged.

The aim of this session is to provide a forum for the latest research results, to further promote the use of 3D imaging in the study of Earth materials and to facilitate the dialog between new and established users of various 3D imaging techniques.

OSPA Liaison:  Pia PleÅ¡e, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Département de Sciences Appliqués, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada
Chairs:  Pia PleÅ¡e, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Département de Sciences Appliqués, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada and Michael Higgins, Univ Quebec a Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada
Primary Convener:  Pia PleÅ¡e, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Département de Sciences Appliqués, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada
Conveners:  Don R Baker, McGill University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada and Michael Higgins, Univ Quebec a Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada
Index Terms:

3625 Petrography, microstructures, and textures [MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY]
3630 Experimental mineralogy and petrology [MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY]
3694 Instruments and techniques [MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY]
5112 Microstructure [PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • MS - Mineral Structure, Surfaces, and Crystallography
  • P - Planetary Sciences
  • SG - Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

VGP12A-01
Synchrotron X-Ray Microtomography Techniques Applied to the 3D Morphological and Textural Analysis of Geomaterials (Invited) (34300)
Lucia Mancini, Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste, Basovizza (Trieste), Italy
VGP12A-02
Quantifying Internal Properties of Geologic Materials by Image Analysis (Invited) (33436)
Dork L Sahagian, Lehigh University, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Bethlehem, PA, United States and Alexander A Proussevitch, University of New Hampshire, Earth Systems Research Center, Durham, United States
VGP12A-03
Eruptive shearing revealed by tomography (34804)
Yan Lavallée1, Kai-Uwe Hess2, Jackie E Kendrick1, Kate J Dobson3, Paul A Ashwell4, Ben Kennedy5, Fabian B Wadsworth3, Jeremie Vasseur6 and Donald B Dingwell7, (1)University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (2)Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Munich, Germany, (3)Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany, (4)University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, (5)University of Canterbury, School of Earth and Environment, Christchurch, New Zealand, (6)Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany, (7)Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Munich, Germany
VGP12A-05
Bubble-Crystal Interactions in a Young Basalt Lava Flow – Preliminary Data from 3D X-Ray Microtomography (33876)
Pia Pleše, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Département de Sciences Appliqués, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada, Michael Higgins, Univ Quebec a Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada and Don R Baker, McGill University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada
VGP12A-06
Characterization of Bioaccessible Porosity in Soil Aggregates by Micro-CT Scanning (33856)
Ali Akbari and Subhasis Ghoshal, McGill Univ, Montreal, QC, Canada
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