CaCO3 precipitation kinetics in waters from the Great Bahama Bank: Implications for the relationship between Bank hydrochemistry and whitings

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2819-2826

  Morse, John W ^a   Gledhill, Dwight K ^a   Millero, Frank J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REACTION KINETICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GREAT BAHAMA BANK;

EID: 0012498192     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(03)00103-0     Document Type: Article

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