Crystallography of craniid brachiopods by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD)

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 437-442

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachiopoda; c axis; Calcite; Novocrania anomala; Novocrania huttoni; Secondary layer; Semi nacre

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649084686     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691007079832     Document Type: Article

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