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The Preparation of Carbon-Metal Replicas for the Study of Carboniferous Coal Ball Fossils: Replication and Cleaning Procedures
Transactions of the American Microscopical Society
  • Sam W. Rosso, University of Southern Mississippi
  • M. Glenn Williams, University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Harry T. Horner, Iowa State University
  • James Moreland, United States Navy
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Article
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Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-1976
Abstract
In the early stages of a previous study of fossil spores of Botryopteris globosa and B. americana from the Carboniferous (Phillips & Rosso, 1970), considerable difficulty was encountered in replicating and cleaning spore materials and associ- ated debris from the carbon-platinum spore replicas. After numerous attempts to clean these carbon films, the techniques presented in this paper proved ef- ficient and reliable for transmission electron microscope examination of Botry- opteris spores found in calcified coal ball fossils.
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This article is from Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 95 (1976): 112.

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Citation Information
Sam W. Rosso, M. Glenn Williams, Harry T. Horner and James Moreland. "The Preparation of Carbon-Metal Replicas for the Study of Carboniferous Coal Ball Fossils: Replication and Cleaning Procedures" Transactions of the American Microscopical Society Vol. 95 Iss. 1 (1976) p. 112 - 115
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