“…A dislocation glide mechanism (42), whereby motion of a partial dislocation causes a shear of the Ca> sublattice, has been proposed. The kinetics of the aragonite-calcite transformation have been extensively studied (38,(42)(43)(44)(45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50)(51). The transition has a small, positive enthalpy change ( H from 0.21 to 4.88 kJ mol\), but has a high activation energy (E from 160 to 750 kJ mol\).…”