Anatomical descriptions of silicified woods from Madagascar and Indonesia by scanning electron microscopy

Micron

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 825-831

  Yoon, Chul Jong ^a   Kim, Ki Woo ^b  

^a Cell Morphology Institute   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calcite; Fossilized wood; Mineral; Petrified wood; Silica

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FORESTRY; GARNETS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IRON; LIGHT METALS; MAGNESIUM; MICROANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NONMETALS; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIEVES; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON; SULFATE MINERALS;

ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROMETRY (EDXS); FIBRILLAR NETWORKS; FINE STRUCTURES; INDONESIA; INNER STRUCTURES; MADAGASCAR; PALAEOBOTANY; SECONDARY XYLEM; SILICIFIED WOOD; STRUCTURAL DETAILS; TREE SPECIES; X RAY MICROANALYSIS (XRMA);

WOOD;

MINERAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDONESIA; MADAGASCAR; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROFILAMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WOOD;

ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FOSSILS; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INDONESIA; MADAGASCAR; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINERALS; TREES; WOOD;

ANATOMY; FORESTRY; IRON; LIGHT METALS; MAGNESIUM; MICROANALYSIS; MINERALS; NONMETALS; PHLOEM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON; TISSUE; TRACHEIDS; WOOD; XYLEM;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 48749102012     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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