Crystallography and diagenesis in fossil craniid brachiopods

Palaeontology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 757-763

  Pérez Huerta, Alberto ^a   Cusack, Maggie ^a   England, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomineral; c axis; Calcite; Electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD)

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BRACHIOPOD; CALCITE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIAGENESIS; FOSSIL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BRACHIOPODA; CRANIA CRANIOLARIS; CRANIIDA; DIPSACACEAE; SCABIOSA;

EID: 34547476709     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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