Electron microscopic characterization of cell wall degradation of the 400,000-year-old wooden Schöningen spears

Holz als Roh - und Werkstoff

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 118-122

  Schmitt, U ^a   Singh, A P ^b   Thieme, H ^c   Friedrich, P ^c   Hoffmann, P ^d  

^a Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

^c Niedersachsisches Landesamt F D   (Germany)

^d Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMPRESSION TESTING; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EROSION; OXYGEN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CELL WALL DEGRADATION; INTRACELLULAR CAVITIES; SURFACE LAYERS; WOODEN SPEARS;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

BACTERIA; COMPRESSION TESTS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EROSION; OXYGEN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 17444371995     PISSN: 00183768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00107-004-0542-6     Document Type: Article

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