Comparative methods of investigating microfossils in ancient Archaean to Lower Proterozoic (AR-PR1) rocks

Marina M. Astafieva; Alexei Yu. Rozanov; Richard B. Hoover

doi:10.1117/12.861622

7 September 2010 Comparative methods of investigating microfossils in ancient Archaean to Lower Proterozoic (AR-PR1) rocks

Marina M. Astafieva, Alexei Yu. Rozanov, Richard B. Hoover

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Proceedings Volume 7819, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology XIII; 781907 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.861622
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Different methods for the investigation of ancient microfossils - in macerates, in thin sections and in fresh chips in scanning electronic microscope - are discussed. The overwhelming advantage of the Scanning Electron Microscopy method is shown.

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Marina M. Astafieva, Alexei Yu. Rozanov, and Richard B. Hoover "Comparative methods of investigating microfossils in ancient Archaean to Lower Proterozoic (AR-PR1) rocks", Proc. SPIE 7819, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology XIII, 781907 (7 September 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.861622

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