| Title | Epoxy impregnation of unconsolidated marine sediment core subsamples for the preparation of thin sections at the Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic) |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Normandeau, A ;
Brown, O; Jarrett, K A; Francus, P; De Coninck, A |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Technical Note 10, 2019, 10 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/313055  Open Access |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
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publication |
| File format | pdf |
| Subjects | marine geology; surficial geology/geomorphology; sedimentology; marine sediments; marine sediment cores; sample preparation; thin section microscopy; depositional environment; sedimentary facies; facies
analyses; grain size analyses; Methodology |
| Illustrations | photomicrographs; photographs; schematic representations; tables |
| Program | Science laboratory network |
| Released | 2019 04 02 |
| Abstract | Micromorphology is the study of arrangements of particles and matrix and is primarily carried out using thin sections. It is a useful tool to characterize sedimentary facies because material is not
disaggregated and the particles are examined in their original position relative to other particles, thus increasing the reliability of sedimentological interpretations. This technical note presents a method for the impregnation of marine sediment
core subsamples for the preparation of thin sections. To achieve this, the pore water has to be replaced by an epoxy resin. The method consists of five main steps, described in detail: subsampling preparation; subsampling; sediment dehydration;
impregnation; and drying and cutting. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This open-file report presents a method for the impregnation of marine sediment core for the preparation of thin sections. For the preparation of thin
sections, the pore-water has to be replaced by an epoxy resin. To achieve this, the method consist of five main steps, described in detail: 1) Subsampling preparation; 2) Subsampling; 3) Sediment dehydration; 4) Impregnation; and 5) Drying and
cutting. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 313055 |
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