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Science 30 October 1964:
Vol. 146. no. 3644, pp. 637 - 638
DOI: 10.1126/science.146.3644.637
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Sea Water: Saturation with Apatites and Carbonates

James R. Kramer 1

1 Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Pacific Ocean water, on the average, appears to be slightly supersaturated at all temperatures with hydroxyapatite and carbonate fluorapatite. Water above 14°C is saturated with calcite, whereas water above 20°C is saturated with aragonite.


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