Decay of skeletal organic matrices and early diagenesis in coral skeletons

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 253-260

  Perrin, Christine ^a,b   Smith, David C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Biominerals; Diagenesis; Organic matrix; Raman Microspectroscopy; Scleractinian corals

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CORAL; DIAGENESIS; FOSSILIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKELETON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 34249310715     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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