Article: Charge contrast imaging of exceptionally-preserved fossils
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
52
Part:
4
Publication Date:
July
2009
Page(s):
673
–
680
Author(s):
Stuart L. Kearns and Patrick J. Orr
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