Novel applications of fluid inclusions and isotope geochemistry in unravelling the genesis of fossil travertine systems

The Denizli Basin is a fault‐bounded Neogene–Quaternary depression located in the Western Anatolian Extensional Province, Western Turkey. The basin is a unique geological site with abundant active and fossil (Quaternary) travertine and tufa deposits. Fluid inclusion microthermometry and isotopic ana...

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Published in:Sedimentology 2015-01, Vol.62 (1), p.27-56
Main Authors: Desouky, Hamdy El, Soete, Jeroen, Claes, Hannes, Özkul, Mehmet, Vanhaecke, Frank, Swennen, Rudy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Boiling
C-O isotopes
Carbon dioxide
Carbon isotopes
Carbonates
Degassing
Denizli Basin (Turkey)
Evaporation
fluid inclusions
Geochemistry
Geologic depressions
hydrocarbon exploration
Hydrocarbons
Limestone
Neogene
Organic soils
Oxygen isotopes
Quaternary
Rocks
Salinity
Sedimentary basins
Sodium chloride
Sr isotopes
Strontium
Travertine
Triassic
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Summary:The Denizli Basin is a fault‐bounded Neogene–Quaternary depression located in the Western Anatolian Extensional Province, Western Turkey. The basin is a unique geological site with abundant active and fossil (Quaternary) travertine and tufa deposits. Fluid inclusion microthermometry and isotopic analysis were applied to study the genesis of the Ballık fossil travertine deposits, located in the south‐eastern part of the basin. Microthermometry on fluid inclusions indicates that the main travertine precipitating and cementing fluids are characterized by low salinity (
ISSN:0037-0746
1365-3091
DOI:10.1111/sed.12137