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Travertine or tufa is a chemical sedimentary deposit that is precipitated from springfed stream water supersaturated with calcite due to CO2-degassing (Liu et al. 1995; Pentecost 1995; Ford and Pedley 1996). These deposits have biannual laminations which could provide valuable paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental information with high resolution (Liu et al. 2006; Kano et al. 2007; Brasier et al. 2009; Lojen et al. 2009).
However, the relationship between hydrochemistry and carbonate precipitation rate must be determined before tufas or travertine can be confidently used as paleoclimatic tools. The purpose of this study is to examine seasonal variations of hydrochemistry, carbonate precipitation rates and formation of biannual lamination in a travertine-depositing canal at Baishuitai, Yunnan, SW China, and to understand the processes and seasonal pattern of biannual lamination in travertine and the climatic implications of these laminae of the endogenic travertine (Liu et al. 2003, 2006).
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Sun, H., Liu, Z. (2010). Seasonal Variations of Hydrochemistry and Carbonate Precipitation Rate in a Travertine-Depositing Canal at Baishuitai, Yunnan, SW China: Implications for the Formation of Biannual Laminae in Travertine and Climatic Reconstruction. In: Andreo, B., Carrasco, F., Durán, J., LaMoreaux, J. (eds) Advances in Research in Karst Media. Environmental Earth Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12486-0_26
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