Neutron tomography of internal structures of vertebrate remains: A comparison with X-ray computed tomography

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Schwarz, Daniela ^a   Vontobel, Peter ^b   Lehmann, Eberhard H ^b   Meyer, Christian A ^a   Bongartz, Georg ^c  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Concentration; Density; Glue; Neutron tomography; Sauropod vertebra; Sediment; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

SAUROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27744552697     PISSN: 10948074     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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