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Fabric Analysis Techniques

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Argillaceous Rock Atlas

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Based upon our experience, we suggest studying the fabrics of argillaceous rocks by combining three techniques: x-radiography, petrography, and scanning electron microscopy. Each provides useful information of macrofabrics revealed by radiography and thin-sections, and microfabrics revealed with the scanning electron microscope (SEM). Thus, argillaceous rock fabric analysis is a three-step procedure.

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O’Brien, N.R., Slatt, R.M. (1990). Fabric Analysis Techniques. In: Argillaceous Rock Atlas. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3422-7_2

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