Pamukkale

Dilsiz, C. (2002) Environmental issues concerning natural resources at Pamukkale protected site, southwest Turkey. Environmental Geology 41, 776-784. 

Ekmekci, M., Gunay, G. Simsek, S. (1995) Morphology of rimstone pools at Pamukkale, Western Turkey. Cave and Karst Science 22, 103-106. 

Pentecost, A., Bayari, S. Yesertener, C. (1997) Phototrophic microorganisms of the Pamukkale travertine, Turkey their distribution and influence on travertine deposition. Geomicrobiology Journal 14, 269-283. 

Does hell exist The ancient Greeks certainly thought so. They even knew where the entrance to the underworld was to be found right beside the Temple of Apollo in Pamukkale, in what is now Turkey. 

The Pamukkale cavern wasn t the only place where carbon dioxide wreaked havoc with human lives. On August 21,1986, a terrible natural-chemical accident occurred in Cameroon, Africa. Within hours, thousands of animals and people had died in the area around Lake Nyos. It was as if some celestial plague had struck people dead in their tracks, but the dead showed no outward signs of disease. The culprit turned out to be carbon dioxide gas — the gas that bubbles from our soft drinks and that we exhale after every intake of breath. Where did it come from The bottom of the lake. 

World-known are tuff terraces Pamukkale near the city of ffierapolis in Asia Minor (Turkey). They form a grandiose frozen white waterfall, up to 4 km wide up to f Of. 5 m high. 

B. Nebel PE International Australasia, Wellington, New Zealand S. Palamutcu Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey... 

Pamukkale University (Turkey) and York University (UK) are gratefully acknowledged. Fahrettin Gogus, Alastair Lewis and Jacqueline Hamilton are sincerely thanked for their cooperation and contribution. 

E. Qah kan, Fiber Extraction from Agro-Residuals Properties of Fibers Extracted from Undried and Dried Corn Husks by Alkalization and Enzymatic Treatment, Pamukkale University, Turkey, Undergraduate thesis, under supervision of N. D. Yilmaz (2013). 

Department of Textile Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey Department of Materials Science and Engineering Technology Faculty, Pamukkale University,... 

Terraces in Pamukkale, Turkey, are composed of calcium carbonate, which is a slightly soluble salt. 

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