Laboratory Precipitation and Geochemical Investigation of Unstable CaCO<sub>3</sub> Polymorphs: Implications for the Origin of Precambrian “Molar-tooth” Microspar

Molar-tooth (MT) microspar is a volumetrically significant, globally distributed carbonate fabric that occurs almost exclusively in Mesoproterozoic and early Neoproterozoic shallow marine successions. It occurs as uniform, equant crystals, averaging 9 –15 μm in diameter (Figure 1), that characterist...

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Main Author: Goodman, Emily Elizabeth
Published: Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange 2007
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Online Access:http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/136