Dinosaur eggshell study using scanning electron microscopy

Scanning

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 217-223

  Jackson, Frankie D ^a   Schweitzer, Mary H ^a   Schmitt, James G ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Dinosaur eggshell; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; GENES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

DINOSAUR EGGSHELL STUDY; FOSSILIZATION;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGENESIS; EGG SHELL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; DINOSAURS; EGG SHELL; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 0036745663     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.4950240501     Document Type: Article

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