Focussed ion beam preparation and in situ nanoscopic study of Precambrian acritarchs

Precambrian Research

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 36-54

  Kempe, André ^a,e   Wirth, Richard ^b   Altermann, Wladyslaw ^c   Stark, Robert W ^a   Schopf, J William ^d   Heckl, Wolfgang M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Sektion Geologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Focussed Ion Beam (FIB); Microfossil micro structure; Petrifaction; Precambrian microfossils; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; ANALYTICAL METHOD; PRECAMBRIAN; TAPHONOMY;

ACRITARCHA;

EID: 25444514702     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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