Microstructure Analysis for geology & materials science: Freiberg #MTEX Workshop 2026 in March 📅
Do you work with #EBSD or #XRD to analyze microstructures and textures? Then this workshop will take your skills to the next level.
📅 2.-12. March
📅 Register here: https://acatrain.net/events/freiberg-mtex-workshop-2026/
A mantle xenolith (dunite) infiltrated by mafic melt on the left side. The melt has crystallized clinopyroxene, as shown by this electron backscattered diffraction image. Each pixel's data is a diffraction pattern that can determine mineral type and crystallographic orientation.
Wednesday, early afternoon posters at #AGU23
MR31B-0084 Effects of melt-rock interactions on deformation fabrics and rock physical properties in the shallow mantle lithosphere
James Kirkpatrick presenting, but this is the the M.Sc. work of Arvid Gonzalez (now core-logging in n. QC). Other authors are myself and Caroline Seyler (U. Minnesota).
Arvid found that infiltrating mafic melt reduces the preserved strain in mantle olivine.
#McGillUniversity #Mantle #EBSD #Xenolith #Lithosphere #Olivine
TU Freiberg
Bill Minarik