New methods to document fossils from lithographic limestones of Southern Germany and Lebanon

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Haug, Carolin ^a   Haug, Joachim T ^a   Waloszek, Dieter ^a   Maas, Andreas ^a   Frattigiani, Roger ^b   Liebau, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D visualisation; Composite imaging; Computed tomography; Green orange fluorescence; Solnhofen; UV fluorescence

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LIMESTONE; VISUALIZATION;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; LEBANON; SOLNHOFEN;

EID: 77954642718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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