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The interpretation of granitic textures from serial thin sectioning, image analysis and three-dimensional reconstruction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

D. N. Bryon,
M. P. Atherton and
R. H. Hunter
D. N. Bryon
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
M. P. Atherton
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
R. H. Hunter
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Liverpool, Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
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Abstract

Textural development of the felsic phases in two granodioritic rocks from the zoned Linga superunit of the Peruvian Coastal Batholith has been characterized using serial thin sectioning, image analysis and three-dimensional reconstruction. The study has shown how each mineral phase contributed to the texture during the formation and development of a contiguous crystal framework and during subsequent restriction, isolation and occlusion of the melt-filled porosity. The work highlights the important factors and potential problems in the use of serial thin sections and imaging in the analysis of complex polyphase rock textures.

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texturegraniteimage analysisserial thin sectionPeru

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Image analysis
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 59 , Issue 395 , June 1995, pp. 203 - 211
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1995

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