A note on calcite precipitates as encrustations around sea rush roots and rhizomes and as laminae in high tidal zones of western Leschenault Inlet estuary

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 195-199

  Semeniuk, V ^a  

^a V and C Semeniuk Research Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcite encrustations; Calcite laminae; Estuary; Leschenault inlet estuary; Permineralisation; Sea rush rhizoliths; Tidal zone

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; ENCRUSTATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; MINERALOGY; MONOCOTYLEDON; MUD; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RHIZOLITH; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

AUSTRALIA; LESCHENAULT INLET; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

JUNCUS KRAUSSII; JUNCUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 80051778514     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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