Multiple Choice
Biochemical limestones are dominated by carbonate mud and fragments of ____________.
A) siliceous shells of planktonic diatoms and foraminifera
B) calcitic and aragonitic skeletons of marine invertebrates
C) the phosphatic bones of fish
D) the organic breakdown products of wood from trees
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