New insights into the ultrastructure, permeability, and integrity of conodont apatite determined by transmission electron microscopy

Lethaia

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-110

  Trotter, Julie A ^a,b   Fitz Gerald, John D ^a   Kokkonen, Harri ^a   Barnes, Christopher R ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apatite; Conodont; Histology; Palaeoseawater chemistry; TEM; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CONODONT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; HISTOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SEAWATER; TAXONOMY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CORDYLODUS; DREPANOISTODUS SUBERECTUS; PANDERODUS GRACILIS; PERIODON ACULEATUS; PLECTODINA;

EID: 34249672199     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2007.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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