Home > Iowa Academy of Science > Journals & Newsletters > Iowa Science Teachers Journal > Volume 16 > Number 3 (1979)
Article Title
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Iowa's rock record is noted for its abundance of carbonate rocks. These carbonate rocks, limestones and dolomites, contain interesting textural features and an abundance of fossils. The fossils can often be removed from the rock matrix and studied. The fossils can also be studied in cut and polished slabs of rock or by making thin sections of the rock. Thin sections are prepared by cutting a thin slice from the rock and gluing the slice on a glass slide. The rock slice is then ground-down with abrasives to a thickness of .030 mm., covered with a coverslip, and studied with a microscope.
Publication Date
December 1979
Journal Title
Iowa Science Teachers Journal
Volume
16
Issue
3
First Page
13
Last Page
15
Copyright
© Copyright 1979 by the Iowa Academy of Science
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Wayne I. and Hogan, Mary
(1979)
"Acetate Peels from Iowa Carbonate Rocks,"
Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 16:
No.
3, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol16/iss3/7