Hot spring deposits on a cliff face: A case study from Jifei, Yunnan Province, China

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 302, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-28

  Jones, Brian ^a   Peng, Xiaotong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Calcite; China; Efflorescent minerals; Hot spring

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY MINERALS; ARAGONITE; ARAGONITE CRYSTALS; CHINA; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; POTASSIUM SULFATE; PREFERENTIAL DISSOLUTION; SATURATION LEVELS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COATINGS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HOT SPRINGS; LANDFORMS; SILICON; SULFATE MINERALS;

CARBONATE MINERALS;

ACCESSORY MINERAL; ARAGONITE; CALCITE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIFF; DISSOLUTION; POLYMER; THERMAL SPRING; THERMOKARST;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

TRONA;

EID: 84893474352     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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