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Alegret, Ortiz & Kaminski (eds.), 2012. Ninth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera, Abstract Volume
Apart from the morphological approach, spatial density images were acquired in order to
access the distribution of the agglutinated grains of different mineral phases. Thus, this
appliance may represent an additional method in the study of the composition and texture of
the agglutinated foraminifers.
Future investigations using microtomographic images can provide an improvement in
the taxonomic analysis of taxa with a complex inner structure.
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