Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.12.1.67
https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.12.1.67
01 Aug 1993
 | 01 Aug 1993

Wet processing of Recent calcareous foraminifera: methods for preventing dissolution

C. A. Maybury and I. Ap Gwynn

Abstract. Two methods for the wet processing of Recent foraminifera are described: one utilizing glutaraldehyde, the other formaldehyde. Both minimize the effects of dissolution on the tests of Recent calcareous foraminifera.