Single crystal structure analysis of sea urchin spine calcites: Systematic investigations of the Ca/Mg distribution as a function habitat of the sea urchin and the sample location in the spine

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-268

  Magdans, Uta ^a   Gies, Hermann ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Magnesian calcite; Sea urchin spine; Single crystal

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLITES; ECOSYSTEMS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MACROMOLECULES; MAGNESIA; MAGNESITE; MAGNESIUM; MAMMALS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SHELLFISH; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ORGANIC MACROMOLECULES; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; PROPAGATION OF CRACKS; SEA URCHIN; SINGLE-CRYSTAL STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SOLID SOLUTION HARDENING; STRUCTURAL INHOMOGENEITIES; WATER TEMPERATURES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ECHINODERM; MAGNESIUM;

EID: 2142826678     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2004/0016-0261     Document Type: Article

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