Abstract: AbstractThe study of hydrothermal travertines contributes to the understanding of the interaction between physico‐chemical processes and microbial mats in carbonate precipitation. Three active travertine sites were investigated in Central Italy to characterise the types of carbonate precipitates and the associated microbial mats at varying physico‐chemical parameters. Carbonate precipitated fabrics at the decimetre to millimetre‐scale and microbial mat composition vary with decreasing water temperature: (a) at relatively higher temperatur...
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Chemical engineering
Mineralogy