High resolution Single Particle Analysis by scanning electron microscopy: A new tool to investigate the mineral composition of agglutinated foraminifers

Studia Geologica Polonica

Volumn 124, Issue , 2005, Pages 53-65

  Bartholdy, Jan ^a   Leipe, Thomas ^b   Frenzel, Peter ^c   Tauber, Franz ^b   Bahlo, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agglutinated foraminifera; Mutielement mapping; Shell composition; Single particle analysis; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELL;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 30144434121     PISSN: 00816426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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