Sentences with phrase «calcite plates»

Only later would scientists learn that coccoliths are calcite plates that surround some species of phytoplankton like armor.

They remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere — producing oxygen through photosynthesis and, in another process, forming the calcite plates that Huxley found so interesting.

«Crinoids and other echinoderms have a skeleton comprised of innumerable individual calcite plates held together by various connective soft tissues.

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Similarly, dissolved CO2 in the oceans can precipitate to form calcite, which is then deposited on the plate and likewise recycled into the mantle.»