Silicone rubber casts of silicified plants from the Cretaceous of Sudan

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Silicone rubber casts of silicified plants from the Cretaceous of Sudan

  • Volume / Part: 19 / 4
  • Publication Date: November 1976
  • Page(s): 641 - 650
  • Authored By: Joan Watson and K. L. Alvin

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Silicified plant fragments, including the conifer Frenelopsis from the Lower Cretaceous of Sudan, are preserved as internal and external moulds. Low viscosity silicone rubber has been used to obtain casts showing fine details which may be studied by scanning electron microscopy.

Palaeontology - Volume 19 Part 4 Pages 641-650



Palaeontology - Volume 19 Part 4 Pages 641-650

Citations

WATSON, J., ALVIN, K. L. 1976. Silicone rubber casts of silicified plants from the Cretaceous of Sudan. Palaeontology, 19, 4, 641–650.