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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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Pentecost, Allan (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: 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.