Acetate Peels from Iowa Carbonate Rocks

Authors

Wayne I. Anderson, University of Northern IowaFollow
Mary Hogan, Sheffield-Chapin Community Schools

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