Biochemical limestones are dominated by carbonate mud and fragments of
A) siliceous shells of planktonic diatoms and foraminifera.
B) skeletons of marine invertebrates made of calcite and aragonite.
C) the phosphate-rich bones of fish.
D) the organic breakdown products of wood and leaves from trees.
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