Seawater chemistry, coccolithophore population growth, and the origin of Cretaceous chalk

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 593-596

  Stanley, Steven M ^a   Ries, Justin B ^a   Hardie, Lawrence A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcite; Chalk; Coccolithophore; High Mg calcite; Limestone

Indexed keywords

COCCOLITHOPHORE POPULATION GROWTH; MAGNESIUM/CALCIUM RATIO; SEAWATER CHEMISTRY; SEAWATER CONCENTRATION;

CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); CALCIUM; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; OSCILLATIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

SEAWATER EFFECTS;

CALCIUM; CHALK; COCCOLITH; CRETACEOUS; MAGNESIUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEAWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 21944441139     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21405.1     Document Type: Article

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