Acknowledgements ............................................... ix
1 Introduction ................................................. 1
1.1 Petrological methods .................................... 1
1.2 Qualitative versus quantitative data .................... 2
1.3 What do I mean by texture? .............................. 3
1.4 Information density and data sources .................... 4
1.5 Structure of this book .................................. 5
1.6 Software applications for quantitative textural
studies ................................................. 5
2 General analytical methods ................................... 7
2.1 Introduction ............................................ 7
2.2 Complete three-dimensional analytical methods .......... 10
2.3 Extraction of grain parameters from data volumes ....... 13
2.4 Destructive partial analytical methods ................. 14
2.5 Surface and section analytical methods ................. 16
2.6 Extraction of textural parameters from images .......... 26
2.7 Calculation of three-dimensional data from
two-dimensional observations ........................... 33
2.8 Verification of theoretical parameter distributions .... 35
2.9 Summary ................................................ 38
3 Grain and crystal sizes ..................................... 39
3.1 Introduction ........................................... 39
3.2 Brief review of theory ................................. 42
3.3 Analytical methods ..................................... 74
3.4 Typical applications .................................. 102
4 Grain shape ................................................ 135
4.1 Introduction .......................................... 135
4.2 Brief review of theory ................................ 136
4.3 Methodology ........................................... 143
4.4 Typical applications .................................. 154
5 Grain orientations: rock fabric ............................ 165
5.1 Introduction .......................................... 165
5.2 Brief review of theory ................................ 166
5.3 Introduction to fabric methodology .................... 170
5.4 Determination of shape preferred orientations ......... 171
5.5 Determination of lattice preferred orientations ....... 174
5.6 3-D bulk fabric methods: combined SPO and LPO ......... 177
5.7 Extraction of grain orientation data and
parameters ............................................ 181
5.8 Typical applications .................................. 184
6 Grain spatial distributions and relations .................. 199
6.1 Introduction .......................................... 199
6.2 Brief review of theory ................................ 200
6.3 Methodology ........................................... 204
6.4 Typical applications .................................. 212
7 Textures of fluid-filled pores ............................. 216
7.1 Introduction .......................................... 216
7.2 Brief review of theory ................................ 217
7.3 Methodology ........................................... 222
7.4 Parameter values and display .......................... 226
7.5 Typical applications .................................. 228
8 Appendix: Computer programs for use in quantitative
textural analysis (freeware, shareware and commercial) ..... 232
8.1 Abbreviations ......................................... 232
8.2 Chapter 2: General analytical methods ................. 232
8.3 Chapter 3: Grain and crystal sizes .................... 235
8.4 Chapter 4: Grain shape ................................ 235
8.5 Chapter 5: Grain orientations (rock fabric) ........... 236
8.6 Chapter 6: Grain spatial distributions and
relations ............................................. 236
References .................................................... 237
Index ......................................................... 260
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