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Originally Posted by cjl
Keep in mind that carbonate rocks are made by more than just animals. They can be made just fine with no animals at all, which is why the earth is livable at all.
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True, there are few or no fossils in most limestone such as a white rock driveway.
How does the presence or absence of dissolved oxygen affect the chemistry?
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(By the way, I hate it that so many papers in the areas of planetary science and geology are not easily avaiable to the dreaded "non-subscribers". It is like they are screaming at me: "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH". Good, I feel better now.)
I know you are a person who takes his physics seriously, but isn't it said that most great discoveries aren't discovered with "Eureka!" but with, "Hmmm, that's funny." Big Don
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