Image formation by bifocal lenses in a trilobite eye?

Vision Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 843-853

  Gál, József ^a   Horváth, Gábor ^a   Clarkson, Euan N K ^b   Haiman, Ottó ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bifocal calcite lenses; Image formation; Optics; Schizochroal trilobite eye; Trilobite vision; Trilobites

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIFOCAL LENS; CALCULATION; FOSSIL; IMAGE DISPLAY; INVERTEBRATE; LENS; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; FOSSILS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIGHTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OPTICS;

EID: 0141695636     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00216-3     Document Type: Article

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