Confocal laser scanning microscopy and Raman imagery of ancient microscopic fossils

Precambrian Research

Volumn 173, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 39-49

  Schopf, J William ^a,b   Kudryavtsev, Anatoliy B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CLSM; Organic geochemical maturity; Precambrian microfossils; Raman Index of Preservation; Raman spectroscopy; Three dimensional imagery

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; PRECAMBRIAN; PRESERVATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TAPHONOMY;

EID: 67650741770     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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