Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.9.2.219
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.On the preparation of specimens for scanning electron microscopy and a simple technique for plate making, using a black background
Abstract. Methods for cleaning, the mounting of micropalaeontological specimens (foraminifera, ostracods and conodonts) on SEM stubs and for successful plate making on a black background are described.