Synchrotron radiation and laboratory micro X-ray computed tomography - Useful tools for the material identification of prehistoric objects made of ivory, bone or antler

Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1802-1812

  Reiche, I ^a,c   Muller K ^a   Staude, A ^b   Goebbels, J ^b   Riesemeier, H ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DETERMINATION OF PARAMETERS; DIAGENETICS; DISTINCTIVE FEATURES; LAND MAMMALS; MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICRO CT; MICROMORPHOLOGIES; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; NON DESTRUCTIVE; NONDESTRUCTIVE TOOLS; OSTEONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION; TUBULAR PORES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MAMMALS; MATERIALS; SCANNING; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS; TOMOGRAPHY;

BONE;

EID: 80052059206     PISSN: 02679477     EISSN: 13645544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0ja00246a     Document Type: Article

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