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. 2014 Feb 12;5:3310. doi: 10.1038/ncomms4310

Figure 1. Mineral changes in coralline algae induced by pCO2 and temperature.

Figure 1

XRD scans for each pCO2 and temperature treatment have been added to give a combined average. The more pronounced asymmetry over the dolomite position for the greenhouse condition (orange line) is larger than that of the other scans. This equates to a relative increase in asymmetry of 88% (Fig. 2a) (Methods) and includes three identifiable higher Mg-carbonate phases: High Mg-calcite (H-HMC~26–32 mol% MgCO3), dolomite (~38–54 mol% MgCO3) and a higher Mg-dolomite approaching magnesite (~95 mol% MgCO3). The aragonite peak is highest for the pre-industrial and ambient temperature (28 °C) treatment (purple line).