硬化したクラスティック堆積岩で保存された3次元化石のプラスチックにおける複製
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|June 29, 1984
まとめ
新しいプラスチック複製技術により,クラスティック岩から高品質の化石データを得ることができます. この方法は,化石記録の重要な部分について,信頼できる形態学および周波数データを提供します.
科学分野:
- パレオントロジー・パレオントロジー
- 地質学 地質学 地質学
- 材料科学 材料科学とは
背景:
- クラスティック岩の化石保存は,しばしば形態学および周波数データの取得を制限します.
- クラスティックマトリックスにおける化石を分析するための既存の方法は,破壊的であり,または最適なデータ品質を下回る結果を生む可能性があります.
研究 の 目的:
- プラスティックを使用したクラスティック岩に保存された化石を複製するための新しい技術を導入する.
- 化石記録の主要な部分から高精度な形態学および周波数データの取得を可能にする.
主な方法:
- このテクニックには,炭素酸の酸溶解,空隙のプラスチック浸透,マトリックス溶解の3つの重要なステップが含まれています.
- 塩酸は,化石岩の内部にある炭酸物質を溶かすために使用されます.
- 液体プラスチックは,酸の溶解によって形成された空隙を浸潤するために使用され,次にフッ素酸が岩基質を溶解し,プラスチックに置き換えられた化石を生成します.
主要な成果:
- プラスチックの複製技術は,酸で調理されたシリキュレーションされたファウナと質的に比較可能な化石データを得ます.
- この方法は,以前は研究が困難だった化石の信頼性の高い形態学および周波数分析を可能にします.
- プラスチックで置き換えられた化石の濃縮物が得られ,細かい構造的な詳細が保存されます.
結論:
- 新しいプラスチック複製技術は,クラスティック岩からの化石を研究する能力を大幅に高めます.
- この方法は,詳細な古生物学的研究のためにアクセス可能な化石記録を拡張します.
- 信頼できる古生物学的データは,より広い範囲の化石豊かな地質学的形成から得ることができます.
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