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Scanning electron microscopy is simply the process of using a [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scanning_electron_microscope scanning electron microscope].  

Scanning electron microscopy is simply the process of using a [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scanning_electron_microscope scanning electron microscope].  

[[File:Fig09.jpg|thumb|300px|{{figure number|1}}Images from an SEM.<ref />]]  

[[File:Fig09.jpg|thumb|300px|{{figure number|1}}Images from an SEM.<ref name=Snider />]]  

The scanning electron microscope became available commercially in the mid 1960s and is used by geologists to study pore geometry and diagenetic history in order to evaluate type, distribution, and flow of fluids in the lithosphere. The SEM is useful for examining the effect of fluids and chemical additives on rocks during [[enhanced oil recovery]].<ref>Thomas, John B., and Edward D. Pittman, 1979, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1977-79/data/pg/0063/0003/0500/0539a.htm Applications of scanning electron microscopy to hydrocarbon exploitation]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 63 No. 3, p. 539.</ref>

The scanning electron microscope became available commercially in the mid 1960s and is used by geologists to study pore geometry and diagenetic history in order to evaluate type, distribution, and flow of fluids in the lithosphere. The SEM is useful for examining the effect of fluids and chemical additives on rocks during [[enhanced oil recovery]].<ref>Thomas, John B., and Edward D. Pittman, 1979, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1977-79/data/pg/0063/0003/0500/0539a.htm Applications of scanning electron microscopy to hydrocarbon exploitation]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 63 No. 3, p. 539.</ref>

[[:File:Figure 9 in AAPG Memoir 67, Chapter 1|Figure 1]] shows images from an SEM.<ref>Snider, Robert M., John S. Sneider, George W. Bolger, and John W. Neasham, 1997, [[http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/mem67/ch01/ch01.htm Comparison of seal capacity determinations: Conventional cores vs. cuttings, in Surdam, R. C., ed., Seals, Traps, and the Petroleum System: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=749 AAPG Memoir 67], pp. 1-12.</ref> These images are SEM photomicrographs of seal types.

[[:File:Fig09.jpg|Figure 1]] shows images from an SEM.<ref name=Snider>Snider, Robert M., John S. Sneider, George W. Bolger, and John W. Neasham, 1997, [[http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/mem67/ch01/ch01.htm Comparison of seal capacity determinations: Conventional cores vs. cuttings, in Surdam, R. C., ed., Seals, Traps, and the Petroleum System: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=749 AAPG Memoir 67], pp. 1-12.</ref> These images are SEM photomicrographs of seal types.

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