Rachel A. Wood

Deciphering coccolith formation: advanced microscopy insights from the biomineralization of Gephyrocapsa huxleyi

Abstract Coccolithophores are unicellular marine phytoplankton that produce complex and intricately shaped mineralized scales called coccoliths. Coccoliths are produced in an intracellular vesicle where crystal nucleation occurs, from which several individual calcite units develo...

From a rock to a hard place: how carbonate rocks are born and made

James Hutton recognised that some components of sedimentary rocks have a biological and marine origin as they contain ‘ solid parts ’ (mainly calcite) of past sea life, and so might offer an archive of Earth's history. Much current research effort on carbonate rocks, those that a...