Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles
Title
Aragonite Crystals within Codiacean Algae: Distinctive Morphology and Sedimentary Implications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-11-1972
Publication Title
Science
ISSN
0036-8075
Volume
175
Issue/No.
4022
First Page
624
Last Page
626
Abstract
Morphologic studies of single crystals of aragonite within Codiacean algae reveal characteristic crystal forms produced by two distinctly different modes of calcification. Diagnostic serrated crystals (1 micrometer in length) of aragonite originating within the extracellular sheaths of capitular filaments are incorporated into modern lime sediments and may serve as effective tracers for particles of algal origin. Intracellular calcification within Penicillus dumetosus, previously unreported, is represented by doubly terminated aragonite crystals ranging in size from 48 to 160 micrometers.
NSUWorks Citation
Ronald D. Perkins, Michael D. McKenzie, and Patricia Blackwelder. 1972. Aragonite Crystals within Codiacean Algae: Distinctive Morphology and Sedimentary Implications .Science , (4022) : 624 -626. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/831.
DOI
10.1126/science.175.4022.624
Comments
©1972 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science