Travertine (/ˈtrævərtiːn/ TRAV-ər-teen) is a form of terrestrial limestone deposited around mineral springs, especially hot springs. It often has a fibrous...
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Tufa (redirect from Meteogene travertine)
deposits, which are known as travertine or thermogene travertine. Tufa is sometimes referred to as meteogene travertine. Modern and fossil tufa deposits...
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the year. The ancient Greek city of Hierapolis was built on top of the travertine formation which is in total about 2,700 metres (8,860 ft) long, 600 m...
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Travertine Hot Springs are a group of geothermal mineral springs located near the town of Bridgeport, California, United States. Travertine Hot Springs...
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1992 because of its outstanding travertine formations, waterfalls and limestone formations as well as its travertine terraces and lakes rating among the...
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Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in Yellowstone National Park adjacent to Fort Yellowstone and the Mammoth...
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Bunshaft Residence (redirect from Travertine House)
The Bunshaft Residence, sometimes called the Travertine House was an iconic modernist home designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft for himself and his wife...
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Truso Travertines Natural Monument (Georgian: თრუსოს ტრავერტინი) is calcareous sinter or tufa in Truso valley on the right bank of Terek river at 2093...
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Jvari Pass Travertine Natural Monument (Georgian: ჯვრის უღელტეხილის ტრავერტინი) is calcareous sinter or tufa in Baidara River valley on the left bank of...
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Lutrochus (redirect from Travertine beetle)
family of water beetles with a single genus Lutrochus sometimes known as "Travertine beetles". There are around 21 species native to the Americas from the...
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Hanging Lake (section Geology and travertine)
Interior Ken Salazar. The fragile shoreline of Hanging Lake is composed of travertine, created when dissolved limestone from the Mississippian Period Leadville...
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Aegean Region: Pamukkale in Denizli Province has snow-white color from travertine buildup. Black Sea Region: Uzungöl in Trabzon. Lush forests are found...
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by natural dams of travertine, which is deposited by the action of moss, algae, and bacteria. The particularly sensitive travertine barriers are the result...
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superintendent of the E42 Architecture Service, who decided to add a travertine exterior to the facade and accentuate the classical features of the design...
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(variegated mud-loving beetles) Limnichidae (minute mud beetles) Lutrochidae (travertine beetles) Psephenidae (water-penny beetles) Ptilodactylidae Dascilloidea...
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association with their family name (Flavius). The Colosseum is built of travertine limestone, tuff (volcanic rock), and brick-faced concrete. It could hold...
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surrounding the modern geyser is covered in a thick layer of orange travertine. The travertine is composed of couplets of highly porous, micritic laminae alternating...
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soaking pools with ledges for sitting have been formed by travertine deposits. The travertine pools are more than 20 feet deep. In 2019 a Utah man drowned...
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calcite of this type is known as travertine and has been used extensively in Italy and elsewhere as building material. Travertine can have a white, tan, or cream-colored...
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concrete and feature surfaces and floors made of various types of marble and travertine, as well as decorative elements created using relief, mosaic, fresco,...
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was built in the upper half, and the roadway was lowered to expose the travertine foundations. Pope Paul IV (papacy 1555-9), having established the Roman...
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the Travertine Nature Center, swimming holes, and springs. A bison pasture was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. Travertine Creek...
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(1992). It adds some diagenetic patterns to the classification scheme. Travertine is a term applied to calcium carbonate deposits formed in freshwater environments...
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2016. The restoration of the almost 32,300 square feet (3,000 m2) of travertine stone, as well as brick, marble and plaster employed more than 80 people...
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Strait Creek Prairie Stratford Woods Swamp Cottonwood Tinker's Creek Travertine Fen Triangle Lake Bog Trillium Trails Tummonds Walter Tucker Warder-Perkins...
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Bojnice Castle (section Travertine cave)
single most popular museum and has been featured in many movies. A natural travertine cave with a diameter of 22 m and a height of 6 m is located 26 meters...
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of marble and natural stone. Iran has more than 250 kinds of marble, travertine, onyx, granite, and limestone.[citation needed] Limestone Petit Granit...
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landscape. Over time, the water deposited layers of hardened mineral (travertine) that built up into walls that now contain the water. The Balkh River...
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products, "Shant" ice cream factory, "Crown Chemicals" for paints, "ATMC" travertine mining company, Yerevan Watch Factory "AWI watches", Yerevan Jewellery...
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Op art ceramic mosaics together with travertine by Wojciech Fangor in a railway station in Warsaw, Poland (1963)...
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