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The air-abrasive technique: A re-evaluation of its use in fossil preparation
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2018-08-02
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2020-12-29
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air-abrasive
preparation
fossil
conservation
air abrasion
preparation
fossil
conservation
air abrasion
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This paper outlines the history of air-abrasion (also known as airbrasion) as a paleontological preparation technique and evaluates various powders and their properties. It explores the rationale behind the selection of abrasive powders and presents, for the first time, trench-scatter experiments through Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) photography and three-dimensional (3-D) profiling. This article also offers general practical advice and details the results of an international survey of practising fossil preparators.
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Graham, Mark R. and Allington-Jones, Lu. 2018. The air-abrasive technique: A re-evaluation of its use in fossil preparation. Palaeontologia Electronica 21.2.2T 1-15.
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Copyright: August 2018 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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1935-3952
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1094-8074