The Azuaje travertine: an example of aragonite deposition in a recent volcanic setting, N Gran Canaria Island, Spain

Rodríguez‐Berriguete, Álvaro; Alonso-Zarza, Ana María; Cabrera, M.C.; Rodríguez‐González, Alejandro

doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.07.010

Cited by 35 publications

(22 citation statements)

References 49 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…5), which could at least partly reflect primary isotopic signatures. This covariation of d 13 C and d 18 O at the Erbisberg is similar to that observed in present-day hydrothermal springs (e.g., Guo et al 1996;Kele et al 2008Kele et al , 2011Rodr ıguez-Berriguete et al 2012;Fig. 5).…”

Section: Diagenetic Alterationssupporting

confidence: 84%

“…The tube walls are calcitic, multilayered, and brownish, enclosed by inclusion‐rich fibrous calcite, which locally grades into fan‐like to dendroid arrays of calcite crystals with sweeping extinction (“calcite shrubs showing undulous extinction”: Rodríguez‐Berriguete et al. ; “non‐crystallographic calcite dendrites”: Jones and Renaut ). At the center of the dendroid calcites, patches of chalcedony occur locally (Fig.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

New evidence for persistent impact‐generated hydrothermal activity in the Miocene Ries impact structure, Germany

Arp

Kolepka

Simon

et al. 2013

Meteorit & Planetary Scien

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract-The extent of impact-generated hydrothermal activity in the 24 km sized Ries impact structure has been controversially discussed. To date, mineralogical and isotopic investigations point to a restriction of hydrothermal activity to the impact-melt bearing breccias, specifically the crater-fill suevite. Here, we present new petrographic, geochemical, and isotopic data of postimpact carbonate deposits, which indicate a hydrothermal activity more extended than previously assumed. Specifically, carbonates of the Erbisberg, a spring mound located upon the inner crystalline ring of the crater, show travertine facies types not seen in any of the previously investigated sublacustrine soda lake spring mounds of the Ries basin. In particular, the streamer carbonates, which result from the encrustation of microbial filaments in subaerial spring effluents between 60 and 70°C, are characteristic of a hydrothermal origin. While much of the primary geochemical and isotopic signatures in the mound carbonates have been obliterated by diagenesis, a postimpact calcite vein from brecciated gneiss of the subsurface crater floor revealed a flat rare earth element pattern with a clear positive Eu anomaly, indicating a hydrothermal fluid convection in the crater basement. Finally, the strontium isotope stratigraphic correlation of the travertine mound with the crater basin succession suggests a hydrothermal activity for about 250,000 yr after the impact, which would be much longer than previously assumed.

show abstract

Section: Diagenetic Alterationssupporting

confidence: 84%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

New evidence for persistent impact‐generated hydrothermal activity in the Miocene Ries impact structure, Germany

Arp

Kolepka

Simon

et al. 2013

Meteorit & Planetary Scien

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Interpretation : Reticulate organosedimentary structures with varied fabrics, which can be included into microbial bindstones, can be compared with those illustrated in several papers concerning thermal spring deposits (Koban & Schweigert, ; Guo & Riding, ; Chafetz & Guidry, ; Guo & Riding, ; Fouke et al ., ; Flügel, ; Guido & Campbell, ; Rodríguez‐Berriguete et al ., ). However, the rafts ( Paper‐thin rafts ; Folk et al ., ; Guo & Riding, ) in the Montirone lime‐mudstone show uncommon thickness and indented fabric, suggesting the unusual development of microbial communities on both raft surfaces (Fig.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Similar combined approaches have been applied worldwide to study travertine and the related hydrothermal and fault systems (e.g. Guo & Riding, ; Hancock et al ., ; Fouke et al ., ; Uysal et al ., ; Faccenna et al ., ; Temiz et al ., ; Brogi et al ., ; Guido & Campbell, ; Kele et al ., ; Brogi et al ., ; De Filippis et al ., ; Rodríguez‐Berriguete et al ., ). Such integrated studies detail the travertine depositional processes both at the local (travertine body) and regional scales (tectonic and hydrothermal systems).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A multidisciplinary approach to understanding carbonate deposition under tectonically controlled hydrothermal circulation: A case study from a recent travertine mound in the Euganean hydrothermal system, northern Italy

et al. 2013

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A multidisciplinary study was carried out on an Upper Pleistocene travertine mound (Montirone Hill; Abano Terme, south of Padova, Veneto, Italy) with the aim of developing a comprehensive understanding of the processes interacting in structurally controlled thermal springs and the consequent deposition of thermal limestones. The sedimentology, geochemistry, structural characteristics and hydrogeology of the mound, which is associated with the Euganean geothermal field and the related complex structural framework of the Schio‐Vicenza fault system, were investigated. A palaeo‐environmental model of the deposit has been reconstructed clarifying the connection between the travertine deposition and the regional structural setting. Calcium‐rich thermal waters rose from spring orifices (estimated temperature from 54°C to 61°C based on geochemical calculations) and produced a mound made of coalescent shield‐like bodies. The dominant lime‐mudstone facies resulted from the accumulation of lime mud at the bottom of shallow crater‐like basins located on top of stacked cones. Soft sediment deformations affecting the lime mud sediment were most probably produced by the recurrent uprising of gas bubbles. The overlying crystalline crusts were deposited on the flanks of the mound by waters overflowing from the vents with laminar flux. A deep hydrothermal circuit with a long period of water–rock interaction is supported by geochemical analyses. Furthermore, a local extensional regime, enhancing the migration of thermal fluids to the surface, is inferred based on the results of the structural analysis carried out on the fault/fracture mesh that affects the mound. These results corroborate the well‐established relation among travertine deposits, hydrothermal systems and fault systems, and substantiate the structurally controlled conceptual model of the Euganean hydrothermal system, suggesting that both the thermal and the fault systems were active at least since 34 ka.

show abstract

“…Carbonate spring deposits are usually explained according to two depositional models: (i) a tufa depositional model (Freytet & Plet, ; Janssen et al ., ; Arenas et al ., , ; Pedley et al ., , ; Lojen et al ., ; Rainey & Jones, ; Pedley, ; Vazquez‐Urbez et al ., , ; Manzo et al ., ); and (ii) a travertine depositional model (Chafetz & Folk, ; Altunel & Hancock, ; Guo & Riding, , ; Fouke, , ; Chafetz & Guidry, ; Pentecost, ; Brogi & Capezzuoli, ; Brogi et al ., ; Rodriguez‐Berriguete et al ., ). The first model is characterized by the presence of numerous phytoherms and precipitation from cold spring waters (Geurts et al ., ; Pedley, ; Vazquez‐Urbez et al ., ).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Sedimentology of coexisting travertine and tufa deposits in a mounded geothermal spring carbonate system, Obruktepe, Turkey

et al. 2017

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The recent discoveries of deeply buried Cretaceous reservoir bodies in the Atlantic Ocean revealed that relationships between the distribution of spring carbonate deposits and faults are poorly understood. The well‐exposed Quaternary deposits at Obruktepe (Denizli Basin, Turkey) provide an opportunity to reconstruct the three‐dimensional sedimentary architecture of such a system. Integration of sedimentological, lithofacies and geochemical analyses reveals complexity in the lateral relationships between sedimentary environments, faults and geothermal spring carbonates. Five environmental systems are distinguished based on the lithofacies analysis: (i) vent; (ii) smooth slope; (iii) travertine‐terrace; (iv) tufa‐barrage; and (v) flood systems. Encrusting, baffling and settling sedimentary processes are reflected in data acquired at several scales, from lithofacies observations to the morphology and arrangement of geobodies, together with microfabrics and stable carbon and oxygen isotope data. Mean values of +4·9‰ δ13C and −8·74‰ δ18O Vienna PeeDee Belemnite reflect geothermal circulation of springwaters. The environmental distribution and lithofacies indicate a lateral continuum between travertine and tufa deposits within this hot spring system. This finding supports two depositional models in which water flow variation is the main control on both CaCO3 precipitation and the resulting formation of travertine and tufa. The proposed models address the factors responsible for the development of these complex mound‐shaped carbonate spring deposits, and how they are related to fluid circulation at depth and in association with faults.

show abstract

The Azuaje travertine: an example of aragonite deposition in a recent volcanic setting, N Gran Canaria Island, Spain

Cited by 35 publications

References 49 publications

New evidence for persistent impact‐generated hydrothermal activity in the Miocene Ries impact structure, Germany

New evidence for persistent impact‐generated hydrothermal activity in the Miocene Ries impact structure, Germany

A multidisciplinary approach to understanding carbonate deposition under tectonically controlled hydrothermal circulation: A case study from a recent travertine mound in the Euganean hydrothermal system, northern Italy

Sedimentology of coexisting travertine and tufa deposits in a mounded geothermal spring carbonate system, Obruktepe, Turkey

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About