Seawater Mg/Ca controls polymorph mineralogy of microbial CaCO3: A potential proxy for calcite-aragonite seas in Precambrian time

Geobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-119

  Ries, J B ^a   Anderson, M A ^b   Hill, R T ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; MAGNESIUM; SEA WATER;

ARAGONITE; ARCHEAN; BIOFILM; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; MAGNESIUM; MINERALOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYMORPHISM; PRECAMBRIAN; SEAWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL; GENETICS; GEOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; SEDIMENT; TIME;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; MAGNESIUM; PALEONTOLOGY; PRECIPITATION; SEAWATER; TIME;

EID: 38849133484     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2007.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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