Growth rate biometric quantification by x-ray microtomography on larger benthic foraminifera: Three-dimensional measurements push nummulitids into the fourth dimension;İri bentik foraminiferlerde gelişimin x-ray mikrotomografisi ile biyometrik olarak tanımlanması: Nummulitidlerde üç-boyutlu çalışmalar dördüncü boyutu zorlamakta growth rate biometric quantification by X-ray

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 683-699

  Briguglio, Antonino ^a   Metscher, Brian ^a   Hohenegger, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biometry; Density; Larger benthic foraminifera; Phylogeny; Volume calculation; X ray microtomography

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOMETRY; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY; TREND ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FORAMINIFERA; NUMMULITIDAE; OPERCULINA AMMONOIDES;

EID: 80052157130     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/yer-0910-44     Document Type: Article

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