The biogenic origin of needle fibre calcite

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1858-1875

  Cailleau, Guillaume ^a   Verrecchia, Eric P ^a   Braissant, Olivier ^b   Emmanuel, Laurent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Calcite; Crystal growth; Stable isotopes; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC STRUCTURE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; DIAGENESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STABLE ISOTOPE; VADOSE ZONE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AMERICA; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70350106760     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2009.01060.x     Document Type: Article

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