Optical measurements to determine the thickness of calcite crystals and the mass of thin carbonate particles such as coccoliths

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 633-642

  Beaufort, Luc ^a   Barbarin, Nicolas ^a   Gally, Yves ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COCCOLITH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIGITAL IMAGING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIGHT INTENSITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLEISTOCENE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER SAMPLING;

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

EID: 84895446129     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.028     Document Type: Article

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