Pagel M., Barbin V., Blanc P., Ohnenstetter D. (eds.) Cathodoluminescence in Geosciences

Heidelberg: Springer, 2000. — 514 p. — ISBN: 978-3-642-08526-0.The introduction of the electron microprobe in the 1960s led to cathodoluminescence (CL) becoming a very useful method for mineral studies. From the late 1980s up to now, the development of in situ analytical techniques, such as SIMS and PIXE, promoted the use of C1. The benefit is mutual. On the one hand, growth, structural and alteration patterns revealed by CL are necessary to obtain representative in situ analyses. The section in this volume on geochronology is a good illustration of the importance of CL in U-Pb dating of zircon. On the other hand, a better understanding of CL images requires the use of in situ analyses. The availability of new CL apparatuses which permit the study of minerals that are only slightly luminescent opens up new avenues of research. Several fields are emerging: CL in structural geology and fluid circulation, CL in ceramics, CL in petrology. Noting this formidable growth of CL in geosciences and geomaterials, a group of French mineralogists (Vincent Barbin, Philippe Blanc, Fabien Cesbron, Daniel Ohnenstetter and Maurice Pagel) decided, at the beginning of 1995, to organize a CL meeting. The International Conference on Cathodoluminescence and Related Techniques in Geosciences and Geomaterials (Nancy, France, September 2-4, 1996) was supported by three scientific societies: Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA), Society for Luminescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy (SLMS) and Societe Fran'raise de Mineralogie et de Cristallographie (SFMC) in cooperation with the Institut Lorrain des Geosciences. There were 110 participants from 18 countries; the meeting was held in the "Palais des Congres". Some 82 oral and poster communications were presented and the abstracts were print ed in a volume of 175 pages. This Conference was successful in many aspects. The scientific exchanges between geologists and physicists were very constructive and informative. Participants compared their instrumentation and results and expressed their commitment to promote this rapidly developing science. We gratefully acknowledge the support received from BRGM, CREGU, Elf Aquitaine Production, Jeol, OPEA, Oxford and Total. All the members of the Scientific Committee are thanked for their support, for agreeing to give a lecture and for advertisement of the Conference. We have selected most of the invited lectures as well as communications of general interest or describing a new approach in CL to be published in this book.Cathodoluminescence in Geosciences: An Introduction
Physical Parameters for the Identification of Luminescence Centres in Minerals
Information Encoded in Cathodoluminescence Emission Spectra
Importance of Instrumental and Experimental Factors on the Interpretation of Cathodoluminescence Data from Wide Band Gap Materials
Systematic Cathodoluminescence Spectral Analysis of Synthetic Doped Minerals: Anhydrite, Apatite, Calcite, Fluorite, Scheelite and Zircon
The Status of the Standards Program of the Society for Luminescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy
Geologic Application of Cathodoluminescence of Silicates
Cathodoluminescence Microcharacterisation of Silicon Dioxide Polymorphs
Brittle Deformation in Sandstone Diagenesis as Revealed by Scanned Cathodoluminescence Imaging with Application to Characterization of Fractured Reservoirs
High-Resolution Cathodoluminescence Studies of Feldspar Minerals
Application of Cathodoluminescence to Carbonate Diagenesis
Cathodoluminescence of Carbonate Shells: Biochemical vs Diagenetic Process
Quantitative High Resolution Spectral Analysis of Mn²⁺ in Sedimentary Calcite
Systems of Interacting Luminescence Centers in Natural Diamonds: Laser-Induced Time-Resolved and Cathodoluminescence Spectroscopy
Use of Cathodoluminescence for U-Pb Zircon Dating by Ion Microprobe: Some Examples from the Western Alps
A Combination of Single Zircon Dating by TIMS and Cathodoluminescence Investigations on the Same Grain: The CLC-Method – U-Pb Geochronology For Metamorphic Rocks
Relevance of Cathodoluminescence for the Interpretation of U-Pb Zircon Ages, with an Example of an Application to a Study of Zircons from the Saxonian Granulite Complex, Germany
Cathodoluminescence in Applied Geosciences
Cathodoluminescence as a Tool in Gemstone Identification
Subject Index