Compositional diversity of soluble mineralizing matrices in some recent coral skeletons compared to fine-scale growth structures of fibres: Discussion of consequences for biomineralization and diagenesis

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 582-592

  Cuif, J P ^a   Dauphin, Y ^a   Gautret, P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Centres of calcification; Fibre growth patterns; Mineralizing matrix compositions; Scleractinia; Septal development

Indexed keywords

CORAL; DIAGENESIS;

SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0033450942     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050286     Document Type: Article

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