Tectonics and Structural Geology

Imaging

Neutrons and X-rays: 3D and 4D imaging in geoscience

Anne Pluymakers April 6, 2020

In-situ 4D Neutron imaging of imbibition of heavy water in an Indiana limestone (Cordonnier et al., 2019).

Anne Pluymakers is an assistant professor at TU Delft, whose hobbies include experimental rock mechanics and fluid-rock interaction. She focuses on the effects of fluids on mechanical behaviour of rocks at representative in-situ temperature and pressure conditions, with a strong focus on hydrochemical fluid-rock interaction. Investigating the microstructure of the rock and how it is altered is cri ...[Read More]

Minds over Methods: Virtual Microscopy for Geosciences

Liene Spruženiece July 23, 2019

Information that can be extracted from a thin-section scan using the Virtual Microscope. All micrographs represent the same area within the thin section. From the upper left side: plain polarized light, crossed polarizers rotated by 0°, crossed polarizers rotated by 45°; from the lower left side: colour intensity map, colour saturation map, phase map. Credit: Liene Spruženiece

The next “Minds over Methods” blogpost is a group effort of Liene Spruženiece (left) – postdoctoral researcher at RWTH Aachen and her colleagues Joyce Schmatz, Simon Virgo and Janos L. Urai. The Virtual Microscope is a collaborative project between RWTH Aachen University and Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (Schmatz et al., 2010; Virgo et al., 2016). In the ...[Read More]