Wege und Möglichkeiten mikropaläontologischer Untersuchungen im oberbayerischen Alpenvorland

The Preparation of Mammoth-Sized Thin Sections

“…Over recent years however, great improvements have been obtained with unsaturated polyester resins. Although HAGN (1953) and ALEXANDER and JACKSON (1954) amongst others had already used these materials, it was ALTEMÜLLER (1956,1962) in particular who, by introducing the unsaturated polyester resin Vestopal-H, made a very important contribution towards the solution of many of the difficulties referred to above. The complete impregnation of dense samples however requires a very elaborate treatment Fig.…”