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Biogeochemistry of Strontium

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Handbook of Stable Strontium

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Chemical analysis of calcified skeletons has expanded rapidly during the past twenty-five years, undoubtedly because of advances in the general field of geochemistry and the development of more precise analytical techniques. This review and the following discussion are confined to that part of the subject that is of direct importance to the geologists and biologists in various disciplines. The composition of the sediments accumulated on the ocean bottom and the physicochemical processes that are operational are largely controlled by the activities of the marine biomass. Biogenic sediments constitute a substantial portion of the total volume of recent marine sediments; this fact stresses the role played by biochemical mechanisms in sediment generation.

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Gunatilaka, A. (1981). Biogeochemistry of Strontium. In: Skoryna, S.C. (eds) Handbook of Stable Strontium. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3698-3_3

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