A study on the reproducibility of counting vesicles in volcanic rocks

Geosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-78

  Baker, Don R ^a,b   Polacci, Margherita ^c   LaRue, Alexandra ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Microfluorescence Beamline Project   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENTROPY; PLAGIOCLASE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VESICLE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

EID: 79952854669     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00553.1     Document Type: Article

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