Magnesium-rich intralensar structures in schizochroal trilobite eyes

Palaeontology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1031-1037

  Lee, Martin R ^a   Torney, Clare ^a   Owen, Alan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnesian calcite; Microdolomite; Schizochroal eyes; Trilobite

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DOLOMITE; EYE; MAGNESIUM; POROSITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRILOBITE; TURBIDITY;

EID: 34548745803     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00710.x     Document Type: Article

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