2D and 3D Numerical Models of the Growth of Foraminiferal Shells [chapter]

Paweł Łabaj, Paweł Topa, Jarosław Tyszka, Witold Alda
2003 Lecture Notes in Computer Science  
This paper focuses on modelling and visualisation of mineral shells of foraminifera (unicellular aquatic, mainly marine, organisms). Our recent model follows the moving reference approach of theoretical modelling of foraminiferal shells. This model introduces three important aspects of simulations, i.e. non-circular chamber shapes (in 2D), allometry of chambers and three dimensional simulation space. The resulted "theoretical shells" closely mimics morphology and variability of recent and
more » ... foraminifera. The model is presented as an applet at
doi:10.1007/3-540-44860-8_69 fatcat:lst2e6lu45ahbiglwp6szcgndm