Biological Processes Responsible for Travertine Deposition: A Review and Future Prospect
Received date: 2019-02-27
Revised date: 2019-05-02
Online published: 2019-07-05
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Foundation item: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China “Deposition and evolution of a typical travertine from Tibet and the controlling factors”(No. 41807426);The Guangxi Natural Science Foundation “Biological influence on travertine deposition: Petrographic and geochemical investigation”(No. 2018GXNSFAA138097)
The investigation of biological processes responsible for travertine deposition allows us to better understand the travertine petrographic and geochemical signatures as proxies of climatic and environmental change. This paper reviewed the organisms associated with travertines, the biotic micro-fabrics formed within travertines, the biological processes associated with travertine precipitation and their controls on travertine geochemical properties. Prospects of the future research on biological processes responsible for travertine precipitation were provided. Bacteria, algae and mosses are the most important organisms that involve in the precipitation of travertines. The growth of these organisms leads to the formation of a range of various porosity, crystal fabrics and lamination within travertines. Three main biological processes responsible for travertine deposition can be classified, including
Zhijun Wang , Jianjun Yin , Junbing Pu , Daoxian Yuan . Biological Processes Responsible for Travertine Deposition: A Review and Future Prospect[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2019 , 34(6) : 606 -617 . DOI: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2019.06.0606
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