Petrogenesis of carbonates - selected problems 1300-WPWZW25
Carbonate minerals. Carbonate system.
Structure and morphology of calcite crystals
Calcite-aragonite - conditions of crystallization and evolution of seawater chemistry. Concept of soda ocean.
Carbonate ooids and pisoids. .
Travertines and speleothems.
Biomineralization and carbonate microbialites.
Soda lakes and their deposits.
Caliche-type carbonates.
Neomorphism and recrystallization of carbonates.
Carbonate cements and cementation. Evolution of porosity.
Compaction and pressure-solution.
Dolomites and dolomitization.
Carbonate concretions. Septaria.
Syderite.
Geochemical aspects of carbonate investigations.
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