Three-dimensional Raman imagery of precambrian microscopic organisms

Geobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Schopf, J W ^a   Kudryavtsev, A B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROORGANISM; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; PALEOBIOLOGY; PRECAMBRIAN; PRESERVATION; TAPHONOMY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33645829960     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2005.00044.x     Document Type: Article

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