Colloidal and polymeric nature of fossil amber

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 8 B, 1999, Pages 971-983

  Gold, Douglas ^a   Hazen, Benjamin ^a   Miller, Wilmer G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amber; Kauri tree, New Zealand, Kauri copal, Spruce resin, Baltic amber, Crosslinked polymers

Indexed keywords

BALTIC AMBER; CROSSLINKED POLYMERS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; FOSSIL AMBER; KAURI COPAL; KAURI PINE TREE; NEW ZEALAND; SPRUCE RESINS;

COLLOIDS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

AMBER;

AMBER; GEOCHEMISTRY; RESIN;

EID: 0032821064     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(99)00083-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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