Fulvic-acid, like organic compounds control nucleation of marine calcite under suboxic conditions

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 681-684

  Neuweiler, Fritz ^a   d'Orazio, Valeria ^b   Immenhauser, Adrian ^c   Geipel, Gerhard ^d   Heise, Karl Heinz ^d   Cocozza, Claudio ^b   Miano, Teodoro M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Authigenesis; Carbonate mud mound; Fulvic acids; Rare eath elements

Indexed keywords

HUMIFICATION;

CALCITE; CATALYSIS; CONDENSATION; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC ACIDS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CALCITE; CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS; FULVIC ACID; MUD MOUND; NUCLEATION; ORGANIC MATTER; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

EID: 0141568814     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19775.1     Document Type: Article

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