COUNTING
FISSION TRACKS (at Union)
These are single-page PDF files
that we use to teach the techniques of FT analysis at the microscope.
They include pages on stage manipulation, understanding alignment, etc.
Form
used for counting and sketching counted grains (pdf)
Registration
holes and sequence for slide alignment (pdf)
Marking
grains using reflected light (pdf)
Aligning
grain and mica (pdf)
Understanding
grain images on mica (pdf)
How
to align grid on a grain, and choose area to count (pdf)
Rotation
of counting grid between grain and mica (pdf)
What
is fission? (pdf)
Forms used for sample Preparation
Form used
for keeping track of etch times in 7 positions in oven (pdf)
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Garver
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from: J.I.Garver, Geology
Department, Union College, Schenectady NY, 12308-2311, USA.
Last
Revised: 3 January 2003
Some of this
material is based upon work supported by the US National Science Foundation
under Grant No. 9614730. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or
recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do
not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.