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Coccolith Accumulation Rates: Cretaceous to Recent

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Mechanisms and Phylogeny of Mineralization in Biological Systems

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Coccoliths, the minute calcite scales formed by marine phytoplankton belonging to the Prymnesiophyceae, have been responsible for most of the carbonate sedimentation in the oceans over the past 100 million years. The aim of this brief review is to compare rates of coccolith accumulation on the sea floor over time, and outline the factors thought to influence their rate of sedimentation. Recognition of Croll-Milankovitch cycles in the sedimentary record, and data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) and Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) are beginning to provide detailed information on rates of sedimentation [1,2,3].

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  1. Division of Biosphere Sciences, King’s College London, Campden Hill Road, London, W8 7AH, UK

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  1. Department of Pathology, The Nippon Dental University School of Dentistry at Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102, Japan

    Shoichi Suga (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Oral Anatomy, Meikai Univesity School of Dentistry, Sakado, Saitama, 350-02, Japan

    Hiroshi Nakahara (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

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Pentecost, A. (1991). Coccolith Accumulation Rates: Cretaceous to Recent. In: Suga, S., Nakahara, H. (eds) Mechanisms and Phylogeny of Mineralization in Biological Systems. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68132-8_59

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