Trace elemental imaging of rare earth elements discriminates tissues at microscale in flat fossils.

The interpretation of flattened fossils remains a major challenge due to compression of their complex anatomies during fossilization, making critical anatomical features invisible or hardly discernible. Key features are often hidden under greatly preserved decay prone tissues, or an unpreparable sed...

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Main Authors: Pierre Gueriau, Cristian Mocuta, Didier B Dutheil, Serge X Cohen, Dominique Thiaudière, OT1 Consortium, Sylvain Charbonnier, Gaël Clément, Loïc Bertrand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24489809/?tool=EBI