Facies and precipitates associated with carbonate-producing hot-springs

Brian Jones

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T5R 3C8, Can

Brian Jones is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada. With his research interests focused largely on all aspects of carbonate sedimentology and diagenesis, he has been involved with projects ranging from the Precambrian dolostones of China to modern carbonates in the Caribbean Sea. One of his main research interests has involved the precipitates found in spring systems with particular emphasis being placed on the high-temperature springs. Based on hot-spring systems in New Zealand, Iceland, Kenya, Chile, China, and Canada, this work has focused on the role that microbes play in these extreme environments and the factors that control the wide array of calcium carbonate precipitates that are commonly found in these settings.

Abstract

Hot springs are commonly located in tectonically active areas like those found in the African Rift Valley, Iceland, New Zealand, and in the Yuannan Province of China where subsurface heat can moderate the temperature and... [ view full abstract ]

Session

KN2 » Keynote Lecture (10:00 - Tuesday, 23rd June, Pangea)