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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2017-03-01
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Series: | Biogeosciences |
Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/14/1461/2017/bg-14-1461-2017.pdf |