The significance of calcite (travertine) formation by algae in a moss-dominated travertine from Matlock Bath, England

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 487-509

  Pentecost, Allan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DIATOM; EPIPHYTE; MOSS; THERMAL SPRING; TRAVERTINE;

DERBYSHIRE; MATLOCK BATH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACHNANTHES; ACHNANTHES MINUTISSIMA; ACHNANTHIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CRATONEURON; CRATONEURON COMMUTATUM; CYANOBACTERIA; DENTICULA TENUIS; EUKARYOTA; NAVICULA CARI; PALUSTRIELLA FALCATA; PTERIDOPHYTA; RHOPALODIA; RHOPALODIA GIBBA;

EID: 0031757042     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/143/1998/487     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. BANSE, K. (1976): Rates of growth, respiration and photosynthesis of unicellular algae as related to cell size - a review. - J. Phycol. 12: 135-140.
2. BARNES, I. (1965): Geochemistry of Birch Creek, Inyo Co., California; a travertine-depositing creek in an arid climate. - Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 29: 85-112.
3. COX, E. J. (1996): Identification of Freshwater Diatoms from Live Material. - Chapman & Hall, London.
4. DANDURAND, J. L., GOUT, R., HOEFS, J., MENSCHEL, G., SCHOTT, J. & USDOWSKI, E. (1982): Kinetically controlled variations of major components and carbon and oxygen isotopes in a calcite-depositing spring. - Chem. Geol. 36: 299-315.
5. EVERITT, B. S. (1977): The Analysis of Contingency Tables. - Chapman & Hall, London.
6. FREYTET, P. & PLET, A. (1996): Modern freshwater microbial carbonates: The Phormidium stromatolites of southeastern Burgundy (Paris Basin, France). - Facies 34: 219-238.
7. 2 outgassing and calcite precipitation in Falling Spring Creek, Virginia, U.S.A. - Chem. Geol. 62: 251-262.
8. IRION, G. & MÜLLER, G. (1968): Mineralogy, petrology and chemical composition of some calcareous tufa from the Schwäbische Alb, Germany. - In: MÜLLER, G. & FRIEDMANN, G. M. (eds.): Carbonate sedimentology in Central Europe, pp. 157-171. - Springer, Berlin.
9. KEMPE, S. & EMEIS, K. (1985): Carbonate chemistry and the formation of the Plitvice Lakes. - In: DEGENS, E. T., KEMPE, S. & HERRERA, R. (eds.): Transport of Carbon and Minerals in Major World Rivers. Pt. 3. - Mitt. Geol.-Paläont. Inst. Univ. Hamburg. SCOPE/UNEP, Sonderbd. 58: 351-383.
10. KRAMMER, K. & LANGE-BERTALOT, H. (1986): Bacillariophyceae 1. Teil. Naviculaceae. - In: ETTL, H., GERLOFF, J., HEYRIG, H. & MOLLENHAUER, D. (eds.): Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. - Gustav Fischer, Jena.
11. _ _ (1991): Bacillariophyceae 3. Teil. Centrales, Fragilariaceae, Eunotiaceae. - In: ETTL, H., GERLOFF, J., HEYRIG, H. & MOLLENHAUER, D. (eds.): Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. - Gustav Fischer, Jena.
12. PENTECOST, A. (1978): Blue-green algae and freshwater carbonate deposits. - Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 200: 43-61.
13. _ (1987): Some observations on the growth rates of mosses associated with tufa deposits and the interpretation of some Postglacial bryoliths. - J. Bryol. 14: 543-550.
14. _ (1991): Algal and bryophyte flora of a Yorkshire (U.K.) hill stream: a comparative approach using biovolume estimations. - Arch. Hydrobiol. 121: 181-201.
15. _ (1992): Carbonate chemistry of surface waters in a temperate karst region: the southern Yorkshire Dales, U.K. - J. Hydrol. 139: 211-232.
16. _ (1996): Moss growth and travertine deposition: the significance of photosynthesis, evaporation, and degassing of carbon dioxide. - J. Bryol. 19: 229-234.
17. PENTECOST, A. & RIDING, R. R. (1986): Calcification of Cyanobacteria. - In: LEAD BEATER, B. S. C. & RIDING, R. R. (eds.): Biomineralization of Lower Plants and Animals. - Oxford University Press, U.K., pp. 73-90.
18. PENTECOST, A. & VILES, H. A. (1998): Travertine deposition in a small stream, some hydrological and spatial relationships. - Tübingen Geograph. Stud. H11X. (in press).
19. ROUND, F. E. (1981): The Ecology of Algae. - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
20. SOMERS, G. F. & BROWN, M. (1978): The affinity of trichomes of blue-green algae for calcium ions. - Estuaries 1: 17-28.
21. SPIRO, B. & PENTECOST, A. (1991): One day in the life of a stream - a diurnal inorganic carbon mass balance for a travertine-depositing stream (Waterfall Beck, Yorkshire). - Geomicrobiol. J. 9: 1-11.
22. SZULC, J. & SMYK, B. (1994): Bacterially controlled calcification of freshwater Schizothrix stromatolites: an example from the Pieniny Mts., Southern Poland. - In: BERTRAND-SARFATI, J. & MONTY, C. (eds.): Phanerozoic Stromatolites II, pp. 31-51. Kluwer, Dordrecht.
23. THOMPSON, J. B. & FERRIS, F. G. (1990): Cyanobacterial precipitation of gypsum, calcite and magnesite from natural alkaline lake water. - Geology 18: 995-998.
24. 3 precipitation. - Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 42: 267-276.
25. WEIJERMARS, R., MULDER-BLANKEN, C. W. & WIEGERS, J. (1986): Growth rate observation from the moss-built Checa travertine terrace, central Spain. - Geol. Mag. 123: 279-286.
26. WINSBOROUGH, B. M. & GOLUBIC, S. (1987): The role of diatoms in stromatolite growth: two examples from modern freshwater settings. - J. Phycol. 23: 195-201.