Amorphous calcium carbonate in the shell material of the brachiopod Megerlia truncata

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 715-723

  Griesshaber, Erika ^a   Kelm, Klemens ^b   Sehrbrock, Angelika ^b   Mader, Werner ^c   Mutterlose, Jörg ^d   Brand, Uwe ^e   Schmahl, Wolfgang W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CENTER OF ADVANCED EUROPEAN STUDIES AND RESEARCH CAESAR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC); Biomineralization; Brachiopods; EELS; Fibrous calcite; Microstructure; Nanocrystalline calcite; TEM; Texture

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CRYSTALLITES; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; FIBERS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALS; TEXTURES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS CALCIUM CARBONATE; AMORPHOUS CARBONATES; BRACHIOPODS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; FOREIGN MATERIALS; INORGANIC COMPONENTS; NANOCRYSTALLINES; ORGANIC COMPONENTS;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; BIOMINERALIZATION; BRACHIOPOD; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; SHELL; TEXTURE; VATERITE;

BRACHIOPODA; MEGERLIA TRUNCATA;

EID: 77952675120     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1950     Document Type: Article

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