Stable isotope geochemical study of Pamukkale travertines: New evidences of low-temperature non-equilibrium calcite-water fractionation

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 238, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 191-212

  Kele, Sándor ^a   Özkul, Mehmet ^b   Fórizs, István ^a   Gökgöz, Ali ^b   Baykara, Mehmet Oruç ^b   Alçiçek, Mehmet Cihat ^b   Németh, Tibor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Non equilibrium deposition; Pamukkale; Stable isotope; Terraced slope travertine; Trace element

Indexed keywords

CALCITE PRECIPITATION; CALCULATED VALUES; DECARBONATION; DEPOSITION TEMPERATURES; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH RATE; HOT WATER; HUNGARIANS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGMATIC SOURCES; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; METEORIC WATERS; NATURAL CONDITIONS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NON-EQUILIBRIUM DEPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEOCLIMATE STUDIES; PAMUKKALE; SECONDARY PROCESS; STABLE ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TERRACED-SLOPE TRAVERTINE; THERMAL SPRINGS; THERMAL WATERS; WATER ISOTOPE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CHLORINE; DEGASSING; EVAPORATION; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; ORIFICES; OXYGEN; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY;

LIMESTONE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EVAPORATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRAVERTINE;

DENIZLI [TURKEY]; DENIZLI BASIN; PAMUKKALE; TURKEY;

EID: 79957739274     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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