Backscattered Scanning Electron Microscopy and Image Analysis of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks

Professor Ken Pye is an internationally renowned geomorphologist and sedimentologist who is the author or co-author of numerous books and journal articles. In addition to his current role as Director of Kenneth Pye Associates Ltd he has held academic appointments at the universities of Cambridge, Reading and Royal Holloway, London. Currently he is also a Visiting Professor at the School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Southampton. His books include Aeolian Dust and Dust Deposits (1987), Aeolian Sand and Sand Dunes (2009), Saltmarshes (Cambridge University Press, 1992) and Sediment Transport and Depositional Processes (1994).

• 1. Introduction; 2. The nature of backscattered scanning electron images; 3. Sediment grains, weathering, and early diagenetic phenomena; 4. Sandstones; 5. Shales; 6. Carbonates; 7. Desert (rock) varnish; 8. Glauconite; 9. Image processing and image analysis.

'… the book is well written. It was edited by four authors who are experienced in this aspect of sedimentary petrology and well regarded by their peers, and it contains many clear, high-quality reproductions of SEM microphotographs. I am certainly glad to have in on my shelf, because it is a landmark in its field.' Jim Mazzullo, EOS