Production of carbonate sediments by a unicellular green alga

American Mineralogist

Volumn 83, Issue 11-12 PART 2, 1998, Pages 1503-1509

  Yates, Kimberly K ^a,b   Robbins, Lisa L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; BUDGET CONTROL; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; MINERAL INDUSTRY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; CARBONATE SEDIMENTS; CELL-POPULATION DENSITY; CONTINUOUS PRECIPITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; SEDIMENT PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT PRODUCTION RATE;

SEDIMENTS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; GREEN ALGA; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 0032432515     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1998-11-1238     Document Type: Article

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