Micropicking of nannofossils in preparation for analysis by secondary ion mass spectrometry

Nature Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1038-1043

  Stoll, Heather M ^a   Shimizu, Nobumichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPE; NANNOFOSSIL; NANOANALYSIS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

ALGAE; FOSSILS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROMANIPULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 68149098695     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2009.83     Document Type: Article

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