Experimental diagenesis: insights into aragonite to calcite transformation of <i>Arctica islandica</i> shells by hydrothermal treatment

Biomineralised hard parts form the most important physical fossil record of past environmental conditions. However, living organisms are not in thermodynamic equilibrium with their environment and create local chemical compartments within their bodies where physiologic processes such as biomineralis...

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Main Authors: L. A. Casella, E. Griesshaber, X. Yin, A. Ziegler, V. Mavromatis, D. Müller, A.-C. Ritter, D. Hippler, E. M. Harper, M. Dietzel, A. Immenhauser, B. R. Schöne, L. Angiolini, W. W. Schmahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-03-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/14/1461/2017/bg-14-1461-2017.pdf