Université de Fribourg

Comparative study of the Pleistocene Cakmak quarry (Denizli Basin, Turkey) and modern Mammoth Hot Springs deposits (Yellowstone National Park, USA)

Boever, Eva De ; Foubert, Anneleen ; Lopez, Benjamin ; Swennen, Rudy ; Jaworowski, Cheryl ; Özkul, Mehmet ; Virgone, Aurélien

In: Quaternary International, 2017, vol. 437, Part A, p. 129–146

This study compares and contrasts the travertine depositional facies of two of the largest sites of travertine formation, located in very different geological contexts, i.e. the modern Mammoth Hot Spring (MHS) system in the active volcanic complex of Yellowstone National Park (USA) and the Pleistocene Cakmak quarry, a well-exposed example of the Ballık travertines in the extensional Denizli...

Université de Fribourg

Multiscale approach to (micro)porosity quantification in continental spring carbonate facies: Case study from the Cakmak quarry (Denizli, Turkey)

De Boever, Eva ; Foubert, Anneleen ; Oligschlaeger, Dirk ; Claes, Steven ; Soete, Jeroen ; Bertier, Pieter ; Özkul, Mehmet ; Virgone, Aurélien ; Swennen, Rudy

In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2016, vol. 17, no. 7, p. 2922–2939

Carbonate spring deposits gained renewed interest as potential contributors to subsurface reservoirs and as continental archives of environmental changes. In contrast to their fabrics, petrophysical characteristics – and especially the importance of microporosity (< 1µm) – are less understood. This study presents the combination of advanced petrophysical and imaging techniques to...