Travertine
uring the spring of 1960, an uncle showed me a ‘petrifying spring’ near Plaxtol in Kent Dwhere twigs had been encased in a calcareous jacket. A twig was collected and having - cently been given I. Evan’s Observer’s Book of Geology by my parents, I found a photograph of another petrifying spring and...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2005.
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Origins of the Components
- The Travertine Fabric
- Morphology and Facies
- Limestone Solution, Groundwater and Spring Emergence
- Chemical Composition of Source Waters
- Mineralogy and Elemental Composition
- Stable Isotopes
- Organisms Associated with Travertine
- Deposition Processes
- Travertine Dating
- Palaeobiology and Biostratigraphy of Quaternary Travertines
- Climate, Man and Travertine
- Travertines and Their Fossils: Archaean to Pliocene
- Related Sediments and Industrial Deposits
- Extraterrestrial Travertine
- Utilisation of Travertine.