Geomicrobiological Properties and Processes of Travertine With a Focus on Japanese Sites /

• Main Authors: Kano, Akihiro (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Okumura, Tomoyo (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Takashima, Chizuru (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Shiraishi, Fumito (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Geology,
• Subjects: Sedimentology.; Bacteriology.; Geobiology.; Mineralogy.; Biogeosciences.

This book presents basic knowledge and key objectives of research of geological, geochemical, and microbial properties and processes in travertines, carbonate deposits precipitated from calcareous hot springs. Much of the contents are based on the authors' researches performed in Japan and Indo...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Basic knowledge of geochemical processes
• Sedimentology of travertine
• Methods
• Geomicrobiologial processes for laminated textures
• Geochemical model for rapid carbonate precipitation of travertines
• Travertines in Japan
• Concluding remarks.