Comparison of crystallographic orientations between living (Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica) and fossil (Watznaueria barnesiae) coccoliths using electron microscopes

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1670-1677

  Saruwatari, Kazuko ^a   Ozaki, Noriaki ^b,c   Nagasawa, Hiromichi ^c   Kogure, Toshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Calcite; Coccolith; EBSD; Kikuchi pattern; SEM; Stereo photogrammetry; TEM

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; CRYSTALS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COCCOLITH; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PLANE; DIFFRACTION TECHNIQUES; EBSD; ELECTRON BACKSCATTERED DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; KIKUCHI PATTERNS; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY;

ELECTRON DIFFRACTION;

BIOMINERALIZATION; COCCOLITH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PREFERRED ORIENTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; GEPHYROCAPSA OCEANICA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PLEUROCHRYSIS CARTERAE; WATZNAUERIA;

EID: 56449083556     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.2924     Document Type: Conference Paper

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