Calcium Carbonates

Larry C. Peterson

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11520-9

Calcium Carbonates

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Abstract

Calcium carbonate in ocean sediments is dominantly produced by shell-and skeleton-building organisms in both shallow marine and open-ocean environments. The carbonate oozes that accumulate on the sea floor serve as a major reservoir of calcium and carbon dioxide on the Earth’s surface. Their spatial and temporal accumulation patterns in the marine sediment record are a primary source of information about the carbonate chemistry and circulation of past oceans, as well as of the global geochemical cycle of CO₂.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	53-61
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128130810
ISBN (Print)	9780128130827
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11520-9
State	Published - Jan 1 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Aragonite
Basin-To-Basin fractionation
Calcite
Carbon cycle
Carbonate compensation depth
Carbonate ooze
Carbonate saturation
Chalk
Coccolithophorids
Diagenesis
Dissolution
Foraminifera
Glacial cycles
Limestone
Lysocline

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Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)

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