The carbonate factory of a sea is the set of organisms and processes that produce calcium carbonate sediment where it is found, rather than bringing it from elsewhere. Its products are skeletal grains (whole or broken shells and skeletons), carbonate mud, coated grains and the rigid frameworks of reefs.
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