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Title: | Fissure Ridges: A Reappraisal of Faulting and Travertine Deposition (Travitonics) | Authors: | Brogi, Andrea Capezzuoli, Enrico Karabacak, Volkan Alcicek, Mehmet Cihat Luo, Lianchao |
Keywords: | faulting fissure ridge active tectonics travertine paleoseismicity geothermal areas Stable-Isotope Geochemistry Strike-Slip Deformation Quaternary Travertine Rapolano-Terme Southern Tuscany Western Anatolia Fluid Inclusions Geothermal-Field Denizli Basin Hot-Springs |
Publisher: | Mdpi | Abstract: | The mechanical discontinuities in the upper crust (i.e., faults and related fractures) lead to the uprising of geothermal fluids to the Earth's surface. If fluids are enriched in Ca2+ and HCO3-, masses of CaCO3 (i.e., travertine deposits) can form mainly due to the CO2 leakage from the thermal waters. Among other things, fissure-ridge-type deposits are peculiar travertine bodies made of bedded carbonate that gently to steeply dip away from the apical part where a central fissure is located, corresponding to the fracture trace intersecting the substratum; these morpho-tectonic features are the most useful deposits for tectonic and paleoseismological investigation, as their development is contemporaneous with the activity of faults leading to the enhancement of permeability that serves to guarantee the circulation of fluids and their emergence. Therefore, the fissure ridge architecture sheds light on the interplay among fault activity, travertine deposition, and ridge evolution, providing key geo-chronologic constraints due to the fact that travertine can be dated by different radiometric methods. In recent years, studies dealing with travertine fissure ridges have been considerably improved to provide a large amount of information. In this paper, we report the state of the art of knowledge on this topic refining the literature data as well as adding original data, mainly focusing on the fissure ridge morphology, internal architecture, depositional facies, growth mechanisms, tectonic setting in which the fissure ridges develop, and advantages of using the fissure ridges for neotectonic and seismotectonic studies. | URI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11070278 https://hdl.handle.net/11499/46432 |
ISSN: | 2076-3263 |
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