Boron incorporation into calcite during growth: Implications for the use of boron in carbonates as a pH proxy

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 345-348, Issue , 2012, Pages 9-17

  Ruiz Agudo, E ^a,b   Putnis, C V ^b   Kowacz, M ^c   Ortega Huertas, M ^a   Putnis, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

AFM; Boron incorporation; Calcite growth; PH proxy

Indexed keywords

AFM; BORON CONCENTRATIONS; CALCITE GROWTH; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HIGH PH; IN-SITU; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; NANO SCALE; PH-PROXY; SPREADING RATE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; CARBONATES; ISOTOPES;

BORON;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BORON; CALCIFICATION; CALCITE; CARBONATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY);

EID: 84864075574     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.032     Document Type: Article

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