Coccolith crystals of Pleurochrysis carterae: Crystallographic faces, organization, and development

Protoplasma

Volumn 207, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 54-66

  Marsh, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Calcite; Coccolith

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032986695     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01294713     Document Type: Article

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