Production of mud-grade carbonates by marine fish: Crystalline products and their sedimentary significance

Sedimentology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2172-2198

  Salter, Michael A ^a   Perry, Christopher T ^b   Wilson, Rod W ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Carbonate mud; Marine fish; Marine teleost; Mg calcite; Shallow tropical carbonates

Indexed keywords

BAHAMAS; CARBONATE SEDIMENTS; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; CRYSTALLINE FORM; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FISH SPECIES; MARINE FISH; MARINE TELEOST; PARTICLE LENGTH; PRESERVATION POTENTIAL; SMALL GRAIN SIZE; SPECIES RANGES; TROPICAL CARBONATES;

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNESIUM; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FISH;

CALCITE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINERALOGY; TELEOST;

BAHAMAS;

PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84870252213     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01339.x     Document Type: Article

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