Water: How does it influence the CaCO3 formation?

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Changes in seawater chemistry have affected the evolution of calcifying marine organisms, including their skeletal polymorph (calcite versus aragonite), which is believed to have been strongly influenced by the Mg/Ca ratio at the time these animals first e ...

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Water: How does it influence the CaCO3 formation?

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First paleoproteome study of fossil fish otoliths and the pristine preservation of the biomineral crystal host

Metabolic Performance and Fate of Electrons during Nitrate-Reducing Fe(II) Oxidation by the Autotrophic Enrichment Culture KS Grown at Different Initial Fe/N Ratios

Fine-scale dynamics of calcite precipitation in a large hardwater lake

A modern scleractinian coral with a two-component calcite–aragonite skeleton

Direct currents stimulate carbonate mineralization for soil improvement under various chemical conditions

Microfluidic-Based Study on the Activation and Evolution of Calcite Bio-Mineralization for Geotechnical Applications

Additives: Their Influence on the Humidity- and Pressure-Induced Crystallization of Amorphous CaCO3

Benefits and drawbacks of applied direct currents for soil improvement via carbonate mineralization

The impact of calcite impurities in clays containing kaolinite on their reactivity in cement after calcination

Water: its influence on the formation and crystallization of amorphous calcium carbonate

The modern analogue of a Cretaceous coral with a calcitic skeleton

Structural description of surfaces and interfaces in biominerals by DNP SENS

Amorphous CaCO3: Influence of the Formation Time on Its Degree of Hydration and Stability

Travertines associated with the Alhama-Jaraba thermal waters (NE, Spain): Genesis and geochemistry

Supercritical CO2 injection and residence time in fluid-saturated rocks: Evidence for CO2 and mineral dissolution and effects on rock integrity

Aragonitic scleractinian corals in the Cretaceous calcitic sea

Morphology, microstructure, crystallography, and chemistry of distinct CaCO3 deposits formed by early recruits of the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis

Trace concentration - Huge impact: Nitrate in the calcite/Eu(III) system

Control of groundwater pH during bioremediation: Improvement and validation of a geochemical model to assess the buffering potential of ground silicate minerals

Direct Visualization of Single Ions in the Stern Layer of Calcite