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Wilmeth, Dylan T.; Nabhan, Sami; Myers, Kimberly D.; Slagter, Silvina; Lalonde, Stefan; Sansjofre, Pierre; Homann, Martin; Konhauser, Kurt O.; Munoz-saez, Carolina; Van Zuilen, Mark A.. |
Siliceous sinter deposits from El Tatio, Chile, preserve a wide variety of depositional environments and biosignatures, from high-temperature (~85 °C) vent-proximal facies to distal deposits dominated by silicified microbial mats. Four cores were drilled into an El Tatio sinster mound and associated distal apron to investigate changes in hydrothermal environments over geologic timescales. Sedimentary and geochemical analysis of multiple sinter cores records the initiation and accretion of diverse depositional features still observed today in El Tatio. Facies adjacent to hydrothermal vents are dominated by laminated sinter crusts on the steep margins of a high-temperature pool, with sparse microbial preservation. Outer margins of the same pool contain... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Siliceous sinter; Hot springs; El Tatio; Microbialites; Microfossils. |
Ano: 2020 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00641/75332/75994.pdf |
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