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An up-to-date overview of cathodoluminescence microscopy and spectroscopy in the field of geosciences, including new important data on cathodoluminescence spectroscopy, physical parameters and systematic spectral analysis of doped minerals. Each chapter, written by a well-known specialist, covers classic and new fields of application such as carbonate diagenesis, silicates, brittle deformation in sandstones, gemstone recognition, biomineralization, economic geology or geochronology. Useful to all scientists, graduates and professional engineers throughout the geosciences community.

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1 Cathodoluminescence in Geosciences: An Introduction.- 2 Physical Parameters for the Identification of Luminescence Centres in Minerals.- 3 Information Encoded in Cathodoluminescence Emission Spectra.- 4 Importance of Instrumental and Experimental Factors on the Interpretation of Cathodoluminescence Data from Wide Band Gap Materials.- 5 Systematic Cathodoluminescence Spectral Analysis of Synthetic Doped Minerals: Anhydrite, Apatite, Calcite, Fluorite, Scheelite and Zircon.- 6 The Status of the Standards Program of the Society for Luminescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy.- 7 Geologic Application of Cathodoluminescence of Silicates.- 8 Cathodoluminescence Microcharacterisation of Silicon Dioxide Polymorphs.- 9 Brittle Deformation in Sandstone Diagenesis as Revealed by Scanned Cathodoluminescence Imaging with Application to Characterization of Fractured Reservoirs.- 10 High-Resolution Cathodoluminescence Studies of Feldspar Minerals.- 11 Application of Cathodoluminescence to Carbonate Diagenesis.- 12 Cathodoluminescence of Carbonate Shells: Biochemical vs Diagenetic Process.- 13 Quantitative High Resolution Spectral Analysis of Mn2+ in Sedimentary Calcite.- 14 Systems of Interacting Luminescence Centers in Natural Diamonds: Laser-Induced Time-Resolved and Cathodoluminescence Spectroscopy.- 15 Use of Cathodoluminescence for U-Pb Zircon Dating by Ion Microprobe: Some Examples from the Western Alps.- 16 A Combination of Single Zircon Dating by TIMS and Cathodoluminescence Investigations on the Same Grain: The CLC-Method - U-Pb Geochronology For Metamorphic Rocks.- 17 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.- 18 Cathodoluminescence in Applied Geosciences.- 19 Cathodoluminescence as a Tool in Gemstone Identification.

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