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RECENT sedimentation in Lake Balaton is governed chiefly by two processes1. (a) Clastic material (quartz, feldspars, calcite, dolomite, phyllosilicates, heavy minerals) introduced by wind and rivers is distributed on the bed by the currents. (b) During the warmer seasons much finegrained high-magnesian calcite is precipitated from the lake (average depth, 3.3 m; July average temperature, 25° C) because of the dense and extensive growth of phytoplankton. In photosynthesis CO2 is liberated from dissolved bicarbonate, and carbonate is precipitated.
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MÜLLER, G. High-magnesian Calcite and Protodolomite in Lake Balaton (Hungary) Sediments. Nature 226, 749–750 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226749a0
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