Biogenic Crystallographically Continuous Aragonite Helices. The Microstructure of the Planktonic Gastropod Cuvierina
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Dr. M. G. Willinger Department of Inorganic Chemistry Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society Berlin, 14195, Germany Prof. A. G. Checa Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología Universidad de Granada Granada, 18071, Spain E-mail: [email protected] Prof. J. T. Bonarski, Prof. M. Faryna, Dr. K. Berent Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences Kraków, 30-059, Poland Dr. K. Berent AGH University of Science and Technology Academic Centre for Materials and Nanotechnology Kraków, 30-059, Poland
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