Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Title
Procedia Earth and Planetary Science
Publisher
Elsevier B.V.
Publication Date
2013
Volume
7
Disciplines
Earth Sciences
Abstract
Sinters are difficult to characterize with traditional methods and are often described by their chemical composition alone. Yet information about the depositional environment and possible diagenetic processes is available in atomic structure. This study probes the atomic structure of siliceous sinters from two geothermal areas using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic techniques. Specifically, this study demonstrated that Al is present in tetrahedral coordination with or without octahedral coordination in geyserites from Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA and Geyser Valley, Kamchatka, Russia.
Keywords
silica, aluminum, hot springs, geothermal
DOI
10.1016/j.proeps.2013.03.078
Rights
© 2013 Nancy W. Hinman and J. Michelle Kotler
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Hinman, N.W. and Kotler, J.M., (2013) Aluminum in silica phases formed in hot springs. (2013) 14th International Conference on Water-Rock Interaction, Avignon, France, 2013. Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, 7, 365-368.