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.