Three-dimensional confocal optical imagery of precambrian microscopic organisms

Astrobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Schopf, J William ^a,b   Tripathi, Abhishek B ^a,b   Kudryavtsev, Anatoliy B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Precambrian microfossils; Three dimensional optical imagery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOSSIL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PALEONTOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CYANOBACTERIA; EXOBIOLOGY; FOSSILS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 33645807160     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2006.6.1     Document Type: Article

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