Microfabric and Texture analysis
Conventional polarization microscopy with digital camera
Additional tools: point-counting device, appliance for thin section scanning (plane and crossed polarized light).
U-stage-microscopy
3D orientation analysis of micro crack and micro vein generations
Crystallographic orientation of planar and linear fabric elements
Limited texture analysis
Transmission-UV-fluorescence-U-stage microscopy
3D orientation analysis of open interconnected micro cracks in the broader sense, impregnated with fluorescence resin.
Reflected UV-light-fluorescence microscopy
Visualisation of methane and higher hydrocarbons within fluid inclusions
Visualisation of pores and cracks impregnated with fluorescence resin for a quantitative analysis of their volumes and connectivities.
Detection of fluorescent phases within grain boundaries and sealed micro cracks.
X-ray texture analysis
Determination of crystalllographic preferred orientations (textures). Specifically configured goniometer for the analysis of rocks with self-developed data correction strategies for the pole figure generation.
Rotation stage