Calcium Carbonate Hexahydrate from Organic-Rich Sediments of the Antarctic Shelf: Precursors of Glendonites.

Suess, Erwin, Balzer, Wolfgang, Hesse, K.-F., Müller, P. J., Ungerer, C. A. and Wefer, G. (1982) Calcium Carbonate Hexahydrate from Organic-Rich Sediments of the Antarctic Shelf: Precursors of Glendonites. Open Access Science, 216 (4550). pp. 1128-1131. DOI 10.1126/science.216.4550.1128.

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Abstract

Large euhedral crystals of calcium carbonate hexahydrate were recovered from a shelf basin of the Bransfield Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, at a water depth of 1950 meters and sub-zero bottom water temperatures. The chemistry, mineralogy, and stable isotope composition of this hydrated calcium carbonate phase, its environment of formation, and its mode of precipitation confirm the properties variously attributed to hypothetical precursors of the glendonites and thereby greatly expand their use in paleoceanographic interpretation.

Document Type: Article
Keywords: Calcium Carbonate Hexahydrate, Organic-Rich Sediments, Antarctic Shelf, Glendonites; RV Meteor; M56
Research affiliation: OceanRep > Institute for Marine Science Kiel
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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Date Deposited: 01 Mar 2016 10:23
Last Modified: 08 Mar 2018 13:25
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/31576

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