Calcium carbonate dissolution rates in deep-sea bivalve shells on the East Pacific Rise at 21°N: Results of an 8-year in-situ experiment

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 293-299

  Kennish, Michael J ^a   Lutz, Richard A ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate; Death assemblages; Deep sea bivalves; Shell dissolution rates

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DISSOLUTION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SHELL;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

BATHYMODIOLUS THERMOPHILUS; BIVALVIA; CALYPTOGENA MAGNIFICA; MYTILIDAE; VESICOMYIDAE;

EID: 0033452529     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00102-9     Document Type: Article

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