Laser scanning confocal microscopy of comet material in aerogel

Geosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 515-523

  Greenberg, Michael ^a   Ebel, Denton S ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMET; DATA ACQUISITION; DECONVOLUTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING METHOD; MICROSCOPY; THEORETICAL STUDY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78049505926     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00557.1     Document Type: Article

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