Depositional facies and diagenetic alteration in a relict siliceous hot-spring accumulation: Examples from Yellowstone National Park, U.S.A

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 806-823

  Guidry, Sean A ^a   Chafetz, Henry S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CALCITE; CEMENTS; CORE DRILLING; DEPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HEAT CONVECTION; HOT SPRINGS; MANGANESE OXIDE; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SINTERING; TEMPERATURE; ZEOLITES;

AMORPHOUS MANGANESE OXIDES; DIAGENETIC ALTERATION; FILAMENTOUS MICROBES; HYDROTHERMAL ENVIRONMENT; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; SUPERHEATED FLUIDS; THERMAL CONVECTIONS; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKS;

SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

DIAGENESIS; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 1542303850     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/022803730806     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. ANDERSON, T.F., AND ARTHUR, M.A., 1983, Stable isotopes of oxygen and carbon and their application to sedimentologic and paleoenvironmental problems. in Arthur, M.A., Anderson, T.F., Kaplan, I.R., Veizer, J., and Land, L.S., eds., Stable Isotopes in Sedimentary Geology: Society for Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Short Course 10, 182 p.
2. AVCI, R., HAGENSTON, A.M., EQUALL, N.L., GROENEWALD, G.S., GRESHAM, G.L., AND DAHL, DA., 1999, Ion Extraction from Insulating Fibers in ToF-SIMS: Surface and Interface Analysis, v. 27, p. 789-804.
3. BARGAR, K.E., 1978. Geology and thermal history of Mammoth hot springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Suryey, Bulletin 1444, 55 p.
4. BARGAR, K.E., AND BEESON, M.H., 1981, Hydrothermal alteration in research drill hole Y-2, Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: American Mineralogist, v. 66, p. 473-490.
5. BRAUNSTEIN, D., AND LOWE, DR., 2001, Relationship between spring and geyser activity and the deposition and morphology of high temperature (> 73° C) siliceous sinter, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, U.S.A.: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 71, p. 747-763.
6. BROCK, T.D., AND FREEZE, H, 1969. Thermus aquaticus gen. nov. and sp. Gov.. a non-sporulating extreme thermophile: Journal of Bacteriology, v. 98. p. 289-297.
7. BUCLEY, A.N., AND LAMB, R.N., 1996. Surface chemical analysis in coal preparation research: complementary information using XPS and ToF-SIMS: International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 32, p. 87-106.
8. CADY, S.L., AND, FARMER, J.D., 1996, Fossilization processes in siliceous thermal springs: Trends in preservation along thermal gradients, in Bock, G., and Goode, J., eds., Evolution of Hydrothermal Ecosystems on Earth (and Mars?): New York, John Wiley & Sons, p. 150-173.
9. CAMPBELL, K.A., SANNAZZARO, K., RODGERS, KA., HERDIANITA, N.R., AND BROWNE, P.R.L., 2001, Sedimentary facies and mineralogy of the Late Pleistocene Umukuri silica sinter, Taupo Volcanic Zone. New Zealand: Journal of Sedimentary Research. v. 71, p. 728-747.
10. CHAFETZ, H.S., AKDIM, B., JULIA, R., AND REID, A., 1998, Mn- and Fe-rich black travertine shrubs: Bacterrially (and nanobacterially) induced precipitates: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 68, p. 404-412.
11. CHAFTEZ, H.S., AND LAWRENCE, J.R., 1994, Stable isotopic variability within Modern travertines: Geographie Physique et Quaternaire, v. 48, p. 257-273.
12. COOMBS, D.S., ELLIS, A.J., FYFE, W.S., AND TAYLOR. A.M., 1959, The zeolite facies. with comments on the interpretation of hydrothermal syntheses: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 17, p. 53-107.
13. CRAIG, H., BOATO, G., AND WHITE, D.E., 1956, Isotopic geochemistry of thermal waters: Nuclear Science Services Report, v. 19, p. 29-38.
14. CUNNEEN, R., AND SILLITOE, R.H., 1989. Paleozoic hot-spring sinter in the Drummond Basin. Queensland, Australia: Economic Geology, v. 64. p.135-142.
15. EWERS, G.R., WOOD, D.G., TEDDER, I.J., HAAS, L., AND HOFFMAN, C.F., 1993, Epithermal gold mineralization in the northern Drummond Basin, Queensland: Australian Geological Survey Organization. Record 1992, 67 p.
16. FERRIS, F.G., SHOTYK, W., AND FYFE, W.S., 1989. Mineral formation and decomposition by microorganisms, in Beveridge, T.J., and Doyle. R.J., eds., Metal Ions and Bacteria: New York, Wiley, p. 413-441.
17. FOURNIER, R.O., 1989, Geochemistry and dynamics of the Yellowstone National Park Hydrothermal System: Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Science, v. 33, p. 13-51.
18. FOURNIER, R.O., CHRISTENSEN, R.L., HUTCHINSON, R.A., AND PIERCE, K.L., 1994. A Field-Trip Guide to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana, and idaho-Volcanic, Hydrothermal, and Glacial Activity in the Region: U.S. Geological Survey, Bulletin 2099, 46 p.
19. nd United Nations Symposium on the Development and Use of Geothermal Resources. Proceedings, v. 1. p. 731-739.
20. GROENEWALD, G.S., INGRAM, J.C., McLINK, T., GIANOTTO, A.K., AND AVCI, R., 1998. Cs+ spaciation on soil particles by ToF-SIMS imaging: Analytical Chemistry, v. 70, p. 534-539.
21. GUIDRY, S.A., AND CHAFETZ, H.S., 2002a, Factors governing siliceous sinter precipitation in hot springs, Yellowstone National Park, U.S.A: Sedimentology, v. 49, p. 1253-1267.
22. rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
23. GUIDRY, S.A., AND CHAFETZ, H.S., 2003. Anatomy of siliceous hot springs: Examples from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. U.S.A: Sedimentary Geology, v. 157, p. 71-106.
24. st, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract 1100.
25. HARRIS, A.G., TUTTLE, E., AND TUTTLE, S.D., 1997. Geology of National Parks, Fifth Edition: Dubuque, Iowa, Kendall-Hunt Publishing Company, 758 p.
26. HERDIANITA, N.R., BROWNE, P.R.L., RODGERS, K.A., AND CAMPBELL, K.A., 2000. Mineralogical and morphological changes accompanying ageing of silica sinter: Mineralium Deposita, v. 35, p. 48-62.
27. KRISTMANNSDOTIIR, H., AND TOMASSON, J., 1978. Zeolite intervals in geothermal areas in Iceland. in Sand, L.B., and Mumpton, F.A., eds., Natural Zeolites: Occurrence. Properties, Use: Oxford, U.K., Pergamon, p. 277-284.
28. LEWIS, A.J., PALMER, M.R., STURCHIO, N.C., AND KEMP, A.J., 1997, The rare earth element geochemistry of acid-sulphate-chloride geothermal systems from Yellowstone National Park. Wyoming, U.S.A.: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. v. 61, p. 695-706.
29. MUFFLER, L.J.P., WHITA, D.E. TRUESDELL, A.H., AND FPURNIER, R.O., 1982. Geologic map of Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Irvestigations Series, I sheet.
30. PETERS, K.E., AND MOLDOWAN, J.M., 1993, The Biomarker Guide: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 363 p.
31. PIERCE, K.L., OBRADOVICH, J.D., AND FRIEDMAN, I., 1976, Obsidian hydration dating and correlation of Bull Lake and Pinedale Glaciations near West Yellowstone. Montana: Geological Society of America, Bulletin, v. 87, p. 703-710.
32. RANKAMA, K., AND SAHAMA, T.G., 1960, Geochemistry: Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 912 p.
33. SANDBECK, K.A., AND WARD, D.M., 1982. Temperature adaptations in the terminal processes of anaerobic decomposition of Yellowstone National Park and Icelandic hot-spring microbial mats: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 44, p. 844-851.
34. nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
35. STEELE, A., TOPORSKI, J.K.W., AVCI, R., GUIDRY, S.A., AND McKAY, D.S., 2001b, Time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOFSIMS) of a number of bacterial hopanoids: Organic Geochemistry. v. 32, p. 905-911.
36. st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
37. STONER, D.L., BURBANK, N.S., AND MILLER, K.S., 1994, Anaerobic transformation of organosulfur compounds in microbial mats from Octopus Spring: Geomicrobiology Journal, v. 12, p. 195-202.
38. TAYLOR, G.R., 1982, A mechanism for framboid formation as illustrated by a volcanic exhalative sediment: Mineralium Deposita, v. 17, p. 23-36.
39. TOPORSKI, J.K.W., STEELE, A., WESTALL, F., AVCI, R., MARTILL, D.M., AND McKAY, D.S., 2002. Morphological and spectral investigation of exceptionally well preserved bacterial biofilms from the Oligocene Enspel Formation, Germany: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 66, p. 1773-1791.
40. TOPORSKI, J.K.W., STEELE, A., WESTALL., F., GRIFFIN, C., WHITBY, C., AVCI, R., AND McKAY, D.S., 2000. Electron microscopy studies, surface analysis and microbial culturing experiments on a depth profile through Martian meteorite Nakhla (abstract): 31st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
41. TREWIN, N.H., 1996, The Rhynie cherts: an early Devonian ecosystem preserved by hydrothermal activity, in Bock, G., and Goode, J., eds., Evolution of Hydrothermal Ecosystems on Earth (and Mar?): New York, John Wiley & Sons, p. 131-145.
42. TSCHERNICH, R.W., 1992. Zeolites of the World: Phoenix, Arizona, Geoscience Press, 563 p.
43. WALTER, M.R., DES MARAIS, D., FARMER J.D., AND HINMAN, N.W., 1996, Lithofacies and biofacies of mid-Paleozoic thermal spring deposits in the Drummond Basin, Queensland, Australia Palaios, v. II, p. 497-518.
44. WELLER, R., WELLER, J.W., AND WARD, D.M., 1991, 16S rRNA sequences of uncultivated hotspring cyanobacterial mat inhabitants retrieved as randomly primed cDNA: Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 57, p. 1146-1151.
45. WESTALL, F., 1999, The nature of fossil bacteria: a guide to the search for extraterrestrial life: Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets, v. 104, p. 16,437-16,451.
46. WESTALL, F., STEELE, A., TOPORSKI, J., WALSH, M., ALLEN, C., GUIDRY, S., McKAY, D., GIBSON, E., AND CHAFETZ, H.S., 2000a, Polymeric substances and biofilms as biomarkers in terrestrial materials: Implications for extraterrestrial samples: Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets, v. 105, p. 24,511-24,527.
47. st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.
48. WHITE, D.E., 1967, Some principles of geyser activity, mainly from Steamboat Springs, Nevada: American Journal of Science, v. 265, p. 641-684.
49. WHITE, D.E., FOURNIER, R.O., MUFFLER, L.J.P., AND TRUESDELL, A.H., 1975, Physical Results of Research Drilling in Thermal Areas of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 892, 70 p.
50. WHITE, D.E., HUTCHINSON, R.A., AND KEITH, T.E.C., 1988, The Geology and Remarkable Thermal Activity of Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 1456, 84 p.