Research Article

Geothermal Fluid Variation Recorded by Banded Ca-Carbonate Veins in a Fault-Related, Fissure Ridge-Type Travertine Depositional System (Iano, southern Tuscany, Italy)

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Main lithofacies of travertine deposits: (a) cm-thick crystalline crusts, (b) detail of paper thin raft overlying more compact travertine deposit cut by banded Ca-carbonate veins, (c) bedded travertine showing microterraces and alternation of microbial mats, with variable porosity, stem, and plants imprints, and (d) growing mound travertine.
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