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An effect of depth of focus on micrometric analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

R. B. Elliott
R. B. Elliott*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, The University, Nottingham
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Summary

When using many patterns of integrating stage the depth of focus is so great that it is not possible to distinguish between the upper and lower surfaces of a thin section; this may introduce serious errors into micrometric analyses. A procedure to meet this difficulty is suggested.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 31 , Issue 234 , September 1956 , pp. 272 - 275
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1956

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