Growth of fi ssure ridge travertines from geothermal springs of Denizli Basin, western Turkey

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 1629-1645

  De Filippis, Luigi ^a   Faccenna, Claudio ^a   Billi, Andrea ^b   Anzalone, Erlisiana ^c   Brilli, Mauro ^b   Özkul, Mehmet ^d   Soligo, Michele ^a   Tuccimei, Paola ^a   Villa, Igor M ^e,f  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AXIS; FEEDING CIRCUIT; PALEOCLIMATES; SEISMIC EVENT; SLOPING SURFACES; STABLE ISOTOPES; STRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS; TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS; U-SERIES;

DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

LIMESTONE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; FISSURE; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; QUATERNARY; SILL; STABLE ISOTOPE; THERMAL SPRING; TRAVERTINE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

DENIZLI BASIN; TURKEY;

EID: 84867371699     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30606.1     Document Type: Article

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