A preliminary analysis of the formation of travertine and travertine cones in the Jifei hot spring, Yunnan, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1887-1896

  Liu, Yaping ^a,b   Zhou, Xun ^a   Fang, Bin ^a   Zhou, Haiyan ^a   Yamanaka, Tsutomu ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Hot spring; Hydrochemistry; Thermal groundwater; Travertine

Indexed keywords

CHINA; DEEP SOURCES; DIFFERENT SIZES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HOT WATER; HYDROCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROCHEMICAL CONDITIONS; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; SATURATION INDEX; SPRING WATER; THERMAL GROUNDWATER; TRAVERTINE; YUNNAN , CHINA; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; SODIUM;

LIMESTONE;

ARAGONITE; CALCITE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; TERRACE; THERMAL SPRING; TRAVERTINE;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

EID: 84864102617     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1413-1     Document Type: Article

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