The Precipitation of Calcium and Magnesium from Sea Water
- 1 August 1926
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
- Vol. 14 (2) , 441-446
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531540000792x
Abstract
Apparently calcium carbonate is precipitated in certain parts of the ocean by processes which are inorganic in so far as that the calcium does not first form a true constituent of organisms (Clarke, 1920, p. 128). The conditions governing solubility of calcium in sea-water have been reviewed by Johnston and Williamson (1916) with the conclusion that surface layers of the ocean are approximately saturated, and that slight natural changes, particularly in carbon dioxide tension, might suffice to cause precipitation.Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Hydrogen Ion Concentration of Sea Water in its Biological RelationsJournal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1922
- The Rôle of Inorganic Agencies in the Deposition of Calcium CarbonateThe Journal of Geology, 1916
- THE SOLUBILITY-PRODUCT CONSTANT OF CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM CARBONATES.Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1915