Effects of secular variation in seawater Mg/Ca ratio (calcite-aragonite seas) on CaCO3 sediment production by the calcareous algae Halimeda, Penicillus and Udotea - Evidence from recent experiments and the geological record

Terra Nova

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 323-339

  Ries, Justin Baker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CALCAREOUS ALGA; CALCIFICATION; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CENOZOIC; MAGNESIUM; PALEOGENE; PHANEROZOIC; SEAWATER; SECULAR VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ALGAE; CAULERPALES; HALIMEDA; PENICILLUS; UDOTEA;

EID: 70350119838     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00899.x     Document Type: Review

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