Understanding microbialite morphology using a comprehensive suite of three-dimensional analysis tools

Astrobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 509-518

  Stevens, Eric W ^a   Sumner, Dawn Y ^a   Harwood, Cara L ^a   Crutchfield, James P ^a   Hamann, Bernd ^a,b   Kreylos, Oliver ^a,b   Puckett, Edward ^c   Senge, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c Voltaic   (United States)

Author keywords

CAVES; Geoscience; Immersive visualization; Microbialites; Workflow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOSSIL; MICROBIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FOSSILS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79961203452     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2010.0560     Document Type: Article

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