The use of circularly polarized light for biometry, identification and estimation of mass of coccoliths

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-55

  Fuertes, Miguel Ángel ^a   Flores, José Abel ^a   Sierro, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biometry; Calcite; Circularly polarized light; Coccolith mass; Identification; Polarizing microscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CALCAREOUS ALGA; CALCITE; COCCOLITH; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NANOFOSSIL; TAXONOMY;

HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84907819161     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2014.08.007     Document Type: Article

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