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Removal of resin from standard soil thin-sections by low temperature ashing as a means of following transmitted optical by scanning electron microscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

F. R. Price
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Soil Science, University College of North Wales, Deniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, U.K.
D. A. Jenkins
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Soil Science, University College of North Wales, Deniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, U.K.

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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1980

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