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Planktic foraminifera form their shells via metastable carbonate phases

The calcium carbonate shells of planktic foraminifera provide our most valuable geochemical archive of ocean surface conditions and climate spanning the last 100 million years, and play an important role in the ocean carbon cycle. These shells are preserved in marine sediments as calcite, the stable...

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Autores principales: Jacob, D. E., Wirth, R., Agbaje, O. B. A., Branson, O., Eggins, S. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5668319/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29097678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00955-0