The hot spring and geyser sinters of El Tatio, Northern Chile

2005/09/10 by J.L. Fernandez-Turiel, J. L. Fernández-Turiel, Maite García‐Vallés +6 · 4 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Chemistry · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Materials Science · #Algae #Algal mat #Bacteria #Biology #Carbonate #Chemistry #Cyanobacteria #Diatoms and Algae Research #Ecology #Geochemistry #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Hot spring #Lichen and fungal ecology #Microbial mat #Mineralogy #Paleontology #Sedimentary depositional environment #Sponge spicule #Structural basin #Subaerial #Tufa

paper · doi:10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.07.005

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Citations

• Upper Cenozoic volcanism and tectonism in the Andes of northern Chile
• Formation of silica oncoids around geysers and hot springs at El Tatio, northern Chile
• Influence of thermophilic bacteria on calcite and silica precipitation in hot springs with water temperatures above 90 °C: evidence from Kenya and New Zealand
• The isotopic composition of waters from the El Tatio geothermal field, Northern Chile
• Chilean high‐altitude hot‐spring sinters: a model system for UV screening mechanisms by early Precambrian cyanobacteria

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