Palaeobotanical applications of incident-light darkfield microscopy

Manfred Barthel; Christopher J. Cleal; Barry A. Thomas

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Palaeobotanical applications of incident-light darkfield microscopy

Manfred Barthel, Christopher J. Cleal, Barry A. Thomas

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Abstract

Incident-light darkfield microscopy permits the direct observation of cellular structure of some plant fossils without the need for maceration. It allows the study of leaf epidermis and sporangial structure where it was previously impossible.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1641-1645
Number of pages	5
Journal	Palaeontology
Volume	47
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00423.x
Publication status	Published - 17 Nov 2004

Keywords

darkfield
microscopy
fossil plants
compressions

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