Biotic and inorganic control on travertine deposition at Bullicame 3 spring (Viterbo, Italy): A multidisciplinary approach

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4441-4455

  Di Benedetto, F ^a   Montegrossi, G ^b   Minissale, A ^b   Pardi, L A ^c   Romanelli, M ^a   Tassi, F ^a   Delgado Huertas, A ^d   Pampin, E M ^e   Vaselli, O ^a,b   Borrini, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^c AREA DELLA RICERCA   (Italy)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTIC FACTOR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEPOSITION; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALOGY; THERMAL WATER; TRAVERTINE;

ITALY; LAZIO; VITERBO;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 79960303961     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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