3-D interferometric microscopy applied to the study of buccal enamel microwear

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402058448, 2007, Pages 391-403

  Estebaranz, F ^a   Galbany, J ^a   Martinez L M ^a   Perez Perez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enamel; Hominoid; Interferometry; Microwear; SEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045084769     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5845-5_25     Document Type: Chapter

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