Large tufa mounds, Searles Lake, California

Sedimentology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1509-1535

  Guo, Xuan ^a   Chafetz, Henry S ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial precipitates; Searles Lake; Spring deposits; Tufa facies; Tufa mounds

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; DEEP WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MICROSCOPIC SCALE; PLEISTOCENE; ROD-LIKE CRYSTAL; SPRING DEPOSITS; TUFA FACIES; TUFA MOUNDS;

CARBONATE MINERALS; DEPOSITS; LAMINATING;

LAKES;

ARAGONITE; BACTERIUM; CALCITE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FACIES; MUD MOUND; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SPHERULITE; TUFA;

CALIFORNIA; SEARLES LAKE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84863999255     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01315.x     Document Type: Article

References (94)

1. Andrews, J.E. (2006) Paleoclimatic records from stable isotopes in riverine tufas: synthesis and review. Earth Sci. Rev., 75, 85-104.
2. Arenas, C., Gutierrez, F., Osacar, C. and Sancho, C. (2000) Sedimentology and geochemistry of fluvio-lacustrine tufa deposits controlled by evaporite solution subsidence in the central Ebro Depression, NE Spain. Sedimentology, 47, 883-909.
3. Arenas, C., Cabrera, L. and Ramos, E. (2007) Sedimentology of tufa faices and continental microbialites from Palaogene of Mallorca Island (Spain). Sed. Geol., 197, 1-27.
4. Arp, G., Thiel, V., Reimer, A., Michaelis, W. and Reitner, J. (1999) Biofilm exopolymers control microbialite formation at thermal springs discharging into the alkaline Pyramid Lake, Nevada, USA. Sed. Geol., 126, 159-176.
5. Atabey, E. (2002) The formation of fissure ridge type laminated travertine-tufa deposits microscopical characteristics and diagenesis, akaiersehir acaentral Anatolia. Mineral Res. Explor. Bull., 123-124, 59-65.
6. Benson, L.V. (1994) Carbonate deposition, Pyramid Lake subbasin Nevada: 1. Sequence of formation and elevational distribution of carbonate deposits (tufas). Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 109, 55-87.
7. Benson, L.V. (1995) Carbonate deposition, Pyramid Lake subbasin, Nevada: 2. lake level and polar jet stream positions reconstructed from radiocarbon ages and elevations of carbonates (tufas) deposited in the Lahontan basin. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 117, 1-30.
8. Benson, L.V., Curry, D.R., Dorn, R.I., Lajoie, K.R., Oviatt, C.G., Robison, S.W., Smith, G.I. and Stine, S. (1990) Chronology of expansion and contraction of four Great Basin lake systems during past 35, 000years. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 78, 241-286.
9. Benson, L.V., White, L.D. and Rye, R.O. (1996) Carbonate deposition, Pyramid Lake subbasin, Nevada: 4. Comparison of the stable isotope values of carbonate deposits (tufas) and the Lahontan lake-level record. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 122, 45-76.
10. Benzerera, K., Menguy, N., Guyot, F., Dominici, C. and Gillet, P. (2003) Nanobacteria-like calcite single crystals at the surface of the Tathouine meteorite. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 100, 7438-7442.
11. Benzerera, K., Menguy, N., Lo′pez-Garcia, P., Yoon, T.H., Kazmierczak, J., Tyliszczak, T., Guyot, F. and Brown, G.E. (2006) Nanoscale detection of organic signatures in carbonate microbialites. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 103, 9440-9445.
12. Bischoff, J.L., Stine, S., Rosenbauer, R.J., Fitzpatrick, J.A. and Stafford, T.W., Jr. (1993) Ikaite precipitation by mixing ofshoreline springs andlake water, Mono Lake, California, USA. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 57, 3855-3865.
13. Boquet, E., Boronat, A. and Ramos-Cormenzana, A. (1973) Production of calcite (calcium carbonate) crystals by soil bacteria is a general phenomenon. Nature, 246, 527-528.
14. Bosak, T. and Newman, D.K. (2005) Microbial kinetic controls on calcite morphology in supersaturated solutions. J. Sed. Res., 75, 190-199.
15. Braissant, O., Caileau, G., Dupraz, C. and Verrecchia, E. (2003) Bacterially induced mineralization of calcium carbonate in terrestrial environments: the role of fexopolysaccharides and amino acids. J. Sed. Res., 73, 485-490.
16. Buczynski, C. and Chafetz, H.S. (1991) Habit of bacterially induced precipitates of calcium carbonate and the influence of medium viscosity on mineralogy. J. Sed. Res., 61, 226-233.
17. Carthew, K.D., Taylor, M.P. and Drysdale, R.N. (2003) Are current models of tufa sedimentary environments applicable to tropical systems? A case study from the Gregory River. Sed. Geol., 162, 199-218.
18. Castanier, S., Metayer-levrel, G.L. and Perthuisot, J.P. (1999) Ca-carbonates precipitation and limestone genesis-the microbiogeologist point of view. Sed. Geol., 126, 9-23.
19. Cavalazzi, B., Barbieri, R. and Ori, G.G. (2007) Chemosynthetic microbialites in the Devonian carbonate mounds of Hamar Laghdad (Anti-Atlas, Morocco). Sed. Geol., 200, 73-88.
20. Chafetz, H.S. (1981) Photograph of bacterial shrubs in travertine, Idaho and Italy. J. Sed. Petrol., 51, 1162.
21. Chafetz, H.S. and Buczynski, C. (1992) Bacterially induced lithification of microbial mats. Palaios, 7, 277-293.
22. Chafetz, H.S. and Folk, R.L. (1984) Travertines: depositional morphology and the bacterially constructed constituents. J. Sed. Petrol., 54, 289-316.
23. Chafetz, H.S. and Guidry, S.A. (2003) Depositional and diagenesis of Mammoth Hot Springs travertine, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, U.S.A. Can. J. Earth Sci., 40, 1515-1529.
24. Chafetz, H.S. and Lawrence, R. (1994) Stable isotopic variability within modern travertine. Géog. Phys. Quatern., 48, 257-273.
25. 3 precipitates: an example from an active travertine system. Sedimentology, 38, 107-126.
26. 13C signatures of seasonal laminae comprising travertine stromatolites. J. Sed. Petrol., 61, 1015-1028.
27. Chafetz, H.S., Akdim, B., Julia, R. and Reid, A. (1998) Mn- and Fe- rich black travertine shrubs: bacterially (and nanobacterially) induced precipitates. J. Sed. Res., 68, 404-412.
28. Chekroun, K.B., Rodríguez-Navarro, C., González-Muñoz, M.T., Arias, J.M., Cultrone, G. and Rodríguez-Gallego, M. (2004) Precipitation and growth morphology of calcium carbonate induced by Myxococcus Xanthus: implications for recognition of bacterial carbonates. J. Sed. Res., 74, 868-876.
29. Ciftcioglu, N., Kuronen, I., Akerman, K., Hiltunen, E., Laukkanen, J. and Kajander, E.O. (1997) A new potential threat in antigen and antibody products: Nanobacteria. Vaccines 97, 99-103.
30. Cole, J., Rasbury, E.T., Montanez, I.P., Pedone, V.A., Lanzirotti, A. and Hanson, G.N. (2004) Petrographic and trace element analysis of uranium-rich tufa calcite, middle Miocene Barstow Formation, California, USA. Sedimentology, 51, 433-453.
31. Decho, A.W. (2010) Overview of biopolymer-induced mineralization: what goes on in biofilms? Ecol. Eng., 36, 137-144.
32. Dupraz, C., Reid, R.P., Braissant, O., Decho, A.W., Norman, R.S. and Visscher, P.T. (2009) Processes of carbonate precipitation in modern microbial mat. Earth Sci. Rev., 96, 141-162.
33. Flint, R.F. and Gale, W.A. (1958) Stratigraphy and radiocarbon dates at Searles Lake, California. Am. J. Sci., 256, 689-714.
34. Folk, R.L. (1993) SEM imaging of bacteria and nanobacteria in carbonate sediments and rocks. J. Sed. Petrol., 63, 990-999.
35. Folk, R.L. (1994) Interaction between bacteria, nannobacteria and mineral precipitation in hot springs of central Italy. Géog. Phys. Quatern., 48, 233-246.
36. Folk, R.L. (1999) Nannobacteria and the precipitation of carbonate in unusual environments. Sed. Geol., 126, 47-55.
37. Folk, R.L. and Chafetz, H.S. (2000) Bacterially induced microscale and nanoscale carbonate precipitates. In: Microbial Sediments (Eds R. Riding and S. Awramik ), pp. 40-49. Springer, Berlin.
38. Folk, R.L. and Lynch, L.F. (2001) Organic matter, putative nannobacteria and the formation of ooids and hardgrounds. Sedimentology, 48, 215-229.
39. Folk, R.L., Chafetz, H.S. and Tiezzi, A. (1985) Bizarre forms of depositional and diagenetic calcite in hot-spring travertines, central Italy. In: Carbonate Cements (Eds N. Schneidermann and M. Harris ), SEPMS Spec. Publ., 36, 349-369.
40. Ford, T.D. and Pedley, H.M. (1996) A review of tufa and travertine deposits of the world. Earth Sci. Rev., 41, 117-175.
41. Ford, T.D. and Pedley, H.M. (1997) Tufa and travertine deposits of the Grand Canyon. Cave and Karst Sci., 24, 107-115.
42. Guo, L. and Riding, R. (1992) Microbial carbonates in uppermost Permian reefs, Sichuan Basin, southern China-some similarities with recent travertines. Sedimentology, 39, 37-54.
43. Heinmann, A. (1989) Travertine in the northern Hula Valley, Israel. Sedimentology, 36, 95-108.
44. Jones, B. and Kahle, C.F. (1986) Dendritic calcite crystals formed by calcification of algal filaments in a vadose environment. J. Sed. Petrol., 56, 217-227.
45. Jones, B. and Renaut, R.W. (2009) Calcareous spring deposits in continental settings. In: Carbonates in Continental Settings: Processes, Facies and Applications (Chapter 4) (Eds A.M. Alonso-Zarza and L.H. Tanner ), pp. 177-224. Development in Sedimentology 61, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
46. Kano, A. (1997) Characteristics and origins of the freshwater carbonate tufa: a review: Chikyu Kagaku. Earth Sci., 51, 177-187.
47. Kano, A., Matsuoka, J., Kojo, T. and Fujii, H. (2003) Origin of annual laminations in tufa deposits, southwest Japan. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 191, 243-262.
48. Kano, A., Hagiwara, R., Kawai, T., Hori, M. and Matsuoka, J. (2007) Climatic conditions and hydrological change recorded in a high-resolution stable-isotope profile of a recent laminated tufa on a subtropical island, Southern Japan. J. Sed. Res., 77, 59-67.
49. Kazmierczak, J., Altermann, W., Kremer, B., Kempe, S. and Eriksson, P.G. (2009) Mass occurrence of benthic coccoid cyanobacteria and their role in the production of Neoarchean carbonates of South Africa. Precambrian Res., 173, 79-92.
50. Kelley, D.S., Karson, J.A., Fruh-Green, G.L., Yoerger, D.R., Shank, T.M., Butterfield, D.A., Hayes, J.M., Schrenk, M.O., Olson, E.J., Proskurowski, G., Jakuba, M., Bradley, A., Larson, B., Ludwig, K., Glickson, D., Buckman, K., Bradley, A.S., Bazelton, W.J., Roe, K., Elend, M.J., Delacour, A., Bernasconi, S.M., Lilley, M.D., Baross, J.A., Summons, R.E. and Sylva, S.P. (2005) A serpentinite-hosted ecosystem: the Lost City hydrothermal field. Science, 307, 1428-1434.
51. Kempe, S., Kazmierczak, J., Landmann, G., Konuk, T., Reimer, A. and Lipp, A. (1991) Largest known microbialites discovered in Lake Van, Turkey. Nature, 349, 605-608.
52. Knorre, H. and Krumbein, W.E. (2000) Bacterial calcification. In: Microbial Sediments (Eds R.R. Riding and S.M. Awramik ), pp. 25-31. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
53. Krumbein, W.E. (1979) Photolithotrophic and chemo-organotrophic activity of bacteria and algae as related to Beachrock formation and degradation (Gulf of Aqaba, Sinai). Geomicrobiol. J., 1, 139-203.
54. 18O covariance as a paleohydrological indicator for closed-basin lakes. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 133, 69-80.
55. 14C ages for late-glacial high-frequency hydrological events at Searles Lake, California. Quatern. Res. NY, 49, 11-23.
56. Loisy, C., Verrecchia, E.P. and Dufour, P. (1999) Microbial origin for pedogenic micrite associated with a carbonate paleosol (Champagne, France). Sed. Geol., 126, 193-204.
57. Marker, M.E. (1988) Tufa deposits of Southern Africa: a review. Palaeoecol. Afr., 19, 377-389.
58. Merz-Preiβ, M. (2000) Calcification of cyanobacteria. In: Microbial Sediments (Eds R.E. Riding and S.M. Awramik ), pp. 50-56. Spring-Verlag, Berlin.
59. Merz-Preiβ, M. and Riding, R. (1999) Cyanobacterial tufa calcification in two freshwater streams: ambient environments, chemical threshold and biological processes. Sed. Geol., 126, 103-124.
60. Monty, C.L.V. (1967) Distribution and structure of recent stromatolitic algal mats, Eastern Andros, Bahamas. Ann. Soc. Geolgique de Belgique, 90, B55-B101.
61. Monty, C.L.V. (1976) Theorigin and development of cryptalgal fabrics. In: Stromatolites (Ed. M.R. Walter ), Dev. Sedimentol., 20, 193-250.
62. Morgan, L.A., Shanks, W.C., III, Lovalvo, D.A., Johnson, S.Y., Stephenson, W.J., Piece, K.L., Harlan, S.S., Finn, C.A. and Balistrieri, L. (2003) Exploration and discovery in Yellowstone Lake: results from high-resolution sonar imaging, seismic reflection profiling, and submersible studies. J. Volc. Geoth. Res., 122, 221-242.
63. Muynck, W.D., Belie, N.D. and Verstraete, W. (2010) Microbial carbonate precipitation in construction materials: a review. Ecol. Eng., 36, 118-136.
64. Nelson, S.T., Wood, M.J., Mayo, A.L., Tingey, D.G. and Eggett, D. (2005) Shoreline tufa and tufaglomerate from Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, Utah, USA; stable isotopic and mineralogical records of lake conditions, processes, and climate. J. Quatern. Sci., 20, 3-19.
65. Neuendorf, K.K.E., Mehl, J.P., Jr. and Jackson, J.A. (2005) Glossary of Geology, 5th edn. American Geologic Institute, Alexandria, Va., 779 pp.
66. Pedley, H.M. (1990) Classification and environmental models of cool freshwater tufas. Sed. Geol., 68, 143-154.
67. Pedley, H.M. (2009) Tufas and travertines of the Mediterranean region: a testing ground for freshwater carbonate concepts and developments. Sedimentology, 56, 221-246.
68. Pedley, H.M., Rogerson, M. and Middleton, R. (2009) Freshwater calcite precipitates from in vitro mesocosm flume experiments: a case for biomediation of tufas. Sedimentology, 56, 511-527.
69. 230Th ages at Searles Lake, California. Quatern. Res. NY, 9, 319-329.
70. Pentecost, A. (1993) British travertine: a review. Proc. Geol. Assoc., 104, 23-39.
71. Pentecost, A. (1996) Quaternary travertine deposits of Europe and Asia Minor. Quatern. Sci. Rev., 14, 1005-1028.
72. Pentecost, A. (2003) Cyanobacteria associated with hot spring travertines, Canadian. J. Earth Sci., 40, 1447-1457.
73. Phillips, S.E., Milnes, A.R. and Foster, R.C. (1987) Calcified filaments: an example of biological influences in the formation of calcrete in South Australia. Aust. J. Soil Res., 25, 405-428.
74. Riding, R. (1979) Origin and diagenesis of lacustrine algal bioherms at the margin of the Ries crater, Upper Miocene, southern Germany. Sedimentology, 26, 645-680.
75. Riding, R.E. and Awramik, S.M. (2000) Microbial Sediments. Springer, Berlin.
76. Rieger, T. (1992) Calcareous tufa formations, Searles Lake and Mono Lake. Calif. Geol., 45, 99-109.
77. Rodriguez-Navarro, C., Rodriguez-Gallego, M., Chekroun, K.B. and González-Muñoz, M.T. (2003) Conservation of ornamental stone by Myxococcus xanthus-induced carbonate biomineralization. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 69, 2182-2193.
78. Rogerson, M., Pedley, H.M., Wadhawan, J.D. and Middleton, R. (1978) New insights into biological influence on the geochemistry of freshwater carbonate deposits. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 72, 4976-4987.
79. Rosen, M.R., Arehart, G.B. and Lico, M.S. (2004) Exceptionally fast growth rate of 100-yr-old tufa, Big Soda Lake, Nevada: implications for using tufa as a paleoclimate proxy. Geology, 32, 409-412.
80. Scholl, D.W. (1960) Pleistocene algal pinnacles at Searles Lake, California. J. Sed. Petrol., 30, 414-431.
81. Scholl, D.W. and Taft, W.H. (1964) Algae, contributors to the formation of calcareous tufa, Mono Lake, California. J. Sed. Petrol., 34, 309-319.
82. 2O, precursor of the thinolites in the Quaternary tufas and tufa mounds of the Lahontan and Mono Lake basins, western United States. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., 101, 913-917.
83. Smith, G.I. (2000) Late Pliocene and Pleistocene Searles Lake, California, U.S.A. In: Lake Basin through Space and Time (Eds E.H. Gierlowski-Kordesch and K.R. Kelts ), AAPG Stud. Geol., 46, 591-596.
84. Smith, J.R. (2001) Geoarchaelogy, Stable-Isotopic Geochemistry, and Geochronology of Fossil-Spring Tufas, Western Desert, Egypt. PhD Dissertation in Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania.
85. Smith, J.R., Giegengack, R. and Schwarcz, H.P. (2004) Constraints on Pleistocene pluvial climates through stable-isotope analysis of fossil-spring tufas and associated gastropods, Kharga Oasis, Egypt. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol., 184, 147-161.
86. Stuiver, M. (1964) Carbon isotopic distribution and correlated chronology of Searles Lake sediments. Am. J. Sci., 262, 377-392.
87. Taylor, M.P. and Chafetz, H.S. (2004) Floating rafts of calcite crystals in cave pools, central Texas: crystal habit vs. saturation state. J. Sed. Res., 74, 328-341.
88. Taylor, M.P., Drydale, R.N. and Carthew, K.D. (2004) The formation and environmental significance of calcite rafts in tropical tufa-depositing rivers of northern Australia. Sedimentology, 51, 1089-1101.
89. Tucker, M. (1988) Techniques in Sedimentology. Blackwell Science, Cambridge, 394 pp.
90. Verrecchia, E.P. and Verrecchia, K.E. (1994) Needle-fiber calcite: a critical review and a proposed classification. J. Sed. Res., 64, 650-664.
91. 3 precipitation as a major contribution to crust formation. J. Sed. Res., 65, 690-700.
92. Viles, H.A., Taylor, M.P., Nicoll, K. and Neumann, S. (2007) Facies evidence of hydroclimatic regime shifts in tufa depositional sequences from the arid Naukluft Mountains, Namibia. Sed. Geol., 195, 39-53.
93. Westall, F., Steele, A., Toporski, J., Walsh, M., Allen, C., Guidry, S., McKay, D., Gibbson, E. and Chafetz, H.S. (2000) Polymeric substances andbiofilms as biomarkers in terrestrial materials: implications for extraterrestrial samples. J. Geophys. Res., 105, E10, 24511-24527.
94. Zhou, J. and Chafetz, H.S. (2009) Biogenic caliches in Texas: the role of organisms and effect of climate. Sed. Geol., 222, 207-225.