Characterization of a Yellow Substance on the ceiling of the Snowball Dining Room, Mammoth Cave National Park using Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry and Electron Microscopy
Andersland JM. 2002. Characterization of a Yellow Substance on the ceiling of the Snowball Dining Room, Mammoth Cave National Park using Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry and Electron Microscopy. Study # MACA-00009. Permit # MACA-2002-SCI-00009. Bowling Green, KY
In this study an intensely yellow material on the ceiling of the Snowball Dining Room of Mammoth Cave National Park was studied using a range of light and electron microscopes with their compositions being inferred by energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry. The purpose of the study was to characterize the composition of the yellow material.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Andersland, John
- Date of Issue
- 2002
- Units
- MACA
- Keywords
- electron microscopy, Geology, Geomorphology, IAR, Mammoth Cave, sepiolite, spherulitic halloysite, X-ray spectrometry