Abstract
In this chapter we prepare the ground for computer-integrated polarization microscopy (CIP), a method for optical texture analysis and optical orientation imaging (Panozzo Heilbronner and Pauli 1993). The CIP method uses the relation between crystallographic orientations and the interference colors as they appears when thin sections are viewed in the polarization microscope. Optical micrographs taken under specified conditions of polarization serve as input in the calculation of orientation images and pole figures.
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Education in Microscopy and Digital Imaging http://zeiss-campus.magnet.fsu.edu
Microscopy Resource Center http://www.olympusmicro.com
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calibration files http://earth.unibas.ch/micro – click on ‘CIPdata’ link
CIP http://earth.unibas.ch/micro – click on ‘software’ link
polstacks http://earth.unibas.ch/micro – click on ‘CIPdata’ link
PrinCIPia http://www.ImageSXM.org.uk/PrinCIPia
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Heilbronner, R., Barrett, S. (2014). Crystal Orientation and Interference Color. In: Image Analysis in Earth Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10343-8_21
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