Experimental study of the aragonite to calcite transition in aqueous solution

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 6211-6224

  Perdikouri, Christina ^a   Kasioptas, Argyrios ^a   Geisler, Thorsten ^a,b   Schmidt, Burkhard C ^c   Putnis, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARAGONITE; CALCITE; CARBONATE; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SATURATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 80052948674     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.07.045     Document Type: Article

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