The dynamics of travertine dams
Travertine (limestone) dams are common in caves [1], springs [2], [3], [4] and rivers [5], [6] worldwide, and represent one of the most striking examples of geological pattern formation on the Earth's surface (for simplicity, we use the term travertine rather than tufa also for cold-water deposits, see [7]).Our geomorphological terms follow [8].The …
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