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Decay of skeletal organic matrices and early diagenesis in coral skeletons
Abstract : Due to its particular mode of growth, the coral skeleton provides a natural model for evaluating the successive stages of diagenesis in a still-living organism. The spatial distribution of skeletal organic matrices and their early diagenesis have been investigated in a scleractinian skeleton with in situ micron-scale analyses by Raman Microspectroscopy. Results indicate that the decay of the organic matrices occurs within a few years. We suggest that the gradual deterioration of the skeletal organic matrices is a keymechanism driving earliest diagenesis in coral skeletons and represents the starting-point of the process of fossilization.
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Submitted on : Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 5:19:43 PM
Last modification on : Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 3:25:49 AM
Contributor : Christine Perrin <>
Submitted on : Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 5:19:43 PM
Last modification on : Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 3:25:49 AM