Atomic force microscopy imaging of fragments from the martian meteorite ALH84001

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-6

  Steele, A ^a,d   Goddard, D ^b   Beech, I B ^a   Tapper, R C ^a   Stapleton, D ^c   Smith, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b SELLAFIELD LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c Xyratex Technology Limited   (United Kingdom)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; Atomic force microscopy; Magnetite; Martian meteorite ALH84001; Nanofossils; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; GOLD COATINGS; MAGNETITE; METEORITES; NASA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING; GOLD/PALLADIUM; MARTIAN METEORITE ALH84001; MARTIAN METEORITES; MICROSCOPY IMAGING; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; NANOFOSSIL; PALLADIUM COATINGS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FOSSIL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031907407     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1998.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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