Travertine deposition

Fouke, B. W., G. T. Bonheyo, E. Sanzenbacher and J. Frias-Lopez, 2003, Partitioning of bacterial communities between travertine depositional facies at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, USA. Canadian Journal Earth Sciences 40,1531-1548. 

Chafetz, H.C. Folk, R.L. (1984) Travertines depositional morphology and the bacterially constructed constituents. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 54, 289-316. 

Chafetz, H.S., Srdoc, D. Horvatincic, N. (1994) Early diagenesis of Plitvice Lakes waterfall and barrier travertine deposits. Geographie Physique et Quatemaire. 48, 247-255. 

Dramis, F., Materazzi, M. Cilia, G. (1999) Influence of climatic changes on freshwater travertine deposition a new hypothesis. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Part A Solid Earth and Geodesy 24, 893-897. 

Drysdale, R.N. (1999) The sedimentological significance of hydropsychid caddis-fly larvae (Order Trichoptera) in a travertine-depositing stream Louie Creek, Northwest Queensland, Australia. Journal of Sedimentary Research A69, 145— 150. 

Drysdale, R. Gillieson, D. (1997) Micro-erosion meter measurements of travertine deposition rates A case study from Louie Creek, Northwest Queensland, Australia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 22, 1037-1051. 

Ford, T.D. Pedley, H.M. (1996) A review of tufa and travertine deposits of the world. Earth-Science Reviews 41, 117-175. 

Herman, J.S. Lorah, M.M. (1988) Calcite precipitation rates in the field measurement and prediction for a travertine-depositing stream. Geochimica et Cosmo-chimica Acta 52, 2347-2355. 

Pentecost, A. (1995) The Quaternary travertine deposits of Europe and Asia Minor. Quaternary Science Reviews 14, 1005-1028. 

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. 

Tufa 1) A chemical sedimentary rock composed of calcium carbonate, which form in nonmarine settings. 2) Any snbaerial travertine deposit formed near a spring mouth, along a stream, in a marsh or lake. The term often refers to thin, porous, or soft deposits, as opposed to travertine used for massive, hard, dense deposits. 

Over 45 morphological types of leaf cast have been identified from the travertine deposits (Auler et al., 2004) (Figure 17.7), which provide further corroborative evidence that during these past pluvial phases semi-deciduous forest grew in localities presently dominated by cactus thorn scrub. 

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