Photography of plant fossils-New techniques, old tricks

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 117-151

  Kerp, Hans ^a   Bomfleur, Benjamin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital photography; Macrophotography; Microphotography; Techniques

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PUBLISHING;

EID: 79960956061     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.05.001     Document Type: Review

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