Quantitative X-ray tomography

E Maire, PJ Withers - International materials reviews, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
X-ray computer tomography (CT) is fast becoming an accepted tool within the materials
science community for the acquisition of 3D images. Here the authors review the current …

Imaging and image-based fluid transport modeling at the pore scale in geological materials: A practical introduction to the current state-of-the-art

T Bultreys, W De Boever, V Cnudde - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Fluid flow and mass transport in geological materials are crucial in diverse Earth science
applications. To fully understand the behavior of geological materials in this context, the …

Coherent methods in the X-ray sciences

KA Nugent - Advances in Physics, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
X-ray sources are developing rapidly and their coherent output is growing correspondingly.
The increased coherent flux from modern X-ray sources is being matched with an …

Three-dimensional synchrotron virtual paleohistology: a new insight into the world of fossil bone microstructures

S Sanchez, PE Ahlberg, KM Trinajstic… - Microscopy and …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The recent developments of phase-contrast synchrotron imaging techniques have been of
great interest for paleontologists, providing three-dimensional (3D) tomographic images of …

Reevaluating the arthropod tree of life

G Giribet, GD Edgecombe - Annual review of entomology, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Arthropods are the most diverse group of animals and have been so since the Cambrian
radiation. They belong to the protostome clade Ecdysozoa, with Onychophora (velvet …

[HTML][HTML] Conservation, preparation and imaging of diverse ambers and their inclusions

EM Sadowski, AR Schmidt, LJ Seyfullah… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Amber, a natural polymer, is fossil tree resin derived from diverse botanical sources with
varying chemical compositions. As such, all amber is susceptible to the effects of light …

Ants and the fossil record

JS LaPolla, GM Dlussky… - Annual review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The dominance of ants in the terrestrial biosphere has few equals among animals today, but
this was not always the case. The oldest ants appear in the fossil record 100 million years …

X‐ray microtomography and phylogenomics provide insights into the morphology and evolution of an enigmatic Mesozoic insect larva

D Badano, M Fratini, L Maugeri, F Palermo… - Systematic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fossils sometimes show unusual morphological features absent in living organisms, making
it difficult to reconstruct both their affinity and their function. We describe here a new …

Application of confocal laser scanning microscopy to the study of amber bioinclusions

YANZHE FU, YANDA LI, YIT SU, CY CAI… - …, 2021 - mapress.com
Confocal laser scanning microscopy is an essential analytical tool in biological, biomedical,
and material sciences, integrating microscope manufacturing technology, optical-electronic …

Thrips pollination of Mesozoic gymnosperms

E Peñalver, CC Labandeira, E Barrón… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Within modern gymnosperms, conifers and Ginkgo are exclusively wind pollinated whereas
many gnetaleans and cycads are insect pollinated. For cycads, thrips are specialized …