Crystal orientation analyses of biominerals using Kikuchi patterns in TEM

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-22

  Saruwatari, Kazuko ^a   Akai, Junji ^b   Fukumori, Yoshihiro ^c   Ozaki, Noriaki ^d   Nagasawa, Hiromichi ^d   Kogure, Toshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomineral; CCD camera; Coccolith; Kikuchi pattern; Magnetosome; TEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149125219     PISSN: 13456296     EISSN: 13493825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2465/jmps.070611     Document Type: Article

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