Advantages of doubly polished thin sections for the study of microfossils in volcanic rock

Geochemical Transactions

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ivarsson, Magnus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROFOSSIL; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCK;

EID: 33749318021     PISSN: 14674866     EISSN: 14674866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1467-4866-7-5     Document Type: Article

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