High resolution Single Particle Analysis by scanning electron microscopy : a new tool to investigate the mineral composition of agglutinated foraminifers

• Autorzy: Bartholdy J. , Leipe T. , Frenzel P. , Tauber F. , Bahlo R.
• Konferencja: 5th Micropalaeontological Workshop MIKRO-2005 (8-10.06.2005, Szymbark, Poland)
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

A high resolution Single Particle Analysis by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray microanalysis is introduced as a new technique to investigate components of tests of aggluti- nated foraminifers. In a feasibility study, specimens of Nodulina dentaliniformis (Brady, 1881) from surface sediment of the Lübeck Bight (southwestern Baltic Sea) were investigated. A chemical mapping of a selected part of the surface of the last chamber as well as analysis of isolated foraminiferal shell grains and the ambient sediment were carried out. The investigations point to the non-selectivity of the foraminifer to use specific minerals but a selectivity to use specific grain sizes and shapes.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

X-ray microanalysis; single particle analysis; multielement mapping; agglutinated foraminifera; shell composition

• Wydawca: Instytut Nauk Geologicznych PAN
• Czasopismo: Studia Geologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2005
• Tom: Vol. 124
• Strony: 35--65
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 14 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Bartholdy J.

• University of Bonn, Institute of Paleontology, Nussallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany

autor

Leipe T.

• Institute of Baltic Sea Research, Seestrasse 5, 18119 Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany

autor

Frenzel P.

• University of Rostock, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Albert-Einstein-Str. 3, 18059 Rostock, Germany

autor

Tauber F.

• Institute of Baltic Sea Research, Seestrasse 5, 18119 Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany

autor

Bahlo R.

• Institute of Baltic Sea Research, Seestrasse 5, 18119 Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany

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