An improved technique for separation, bleaching and preparation of slides from fossil leaf compressions

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-5

  Worobiec, Grzegorz ^a  

^a W SZAFER INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bleaching; Fossil plant preparation technique; Leaf compression separation; Leaf slide preparation

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; COMPRESSION; LEAF; PRESERVATION; SEPARATION;

EID: 0346973998     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(03)00008-3     Document Type: Article

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