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Tufa from
Christmas Island, Australia


Locality type:Territory
Classification
Type:Tufa
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Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tufa data
Locality Data:Click here to view Christmas Island, Australia
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1112251
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1112251:1
GUID (UUID V4):d1526b04-1cf6-49cf-a21d-b5653f33b2a3
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
following lecture was delivered: "A Visit to Christmas Island and the Cocos-Keeling Islands," by C. W. Andrews...and physical geography of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean), a raised coral island, were described and compared...atoll. Some account of the fauna and flora of Christmas Island was given, with special reference to the means...from amphibolite, Togoland; recent fossiliferous tufa with imprints of leaves and twigs, Gold Coast. A
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which have been artificially cut out of the sold tufa and of which the floors are now eight or more feet...the Norwegians. NEW BOOKS. A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Physical Features and Geology...the results of a scientific exploration of Christmas island, is published under the auspices of the Trustees...a geologist and a zoologist, to proceed to that island with a view to examine its structure and natural...scientific research is known the world over. The island, which has an area of forty-three square miles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
development, mineralization and preservation of modern tufa microbialites was investigated in a 1.1 km long...tributary of Mérantaise river. Detailed mapping of the tufa microbialite distribution combined with sedimentological...forming riverine tufa. Both biotic and abiotic processes were proposed for the tufa microbialite formation...microbial communities, mineralization potential of tufa microbialite. Even though the physicochemical and...carbonates; tufa; microbial deposits; precipitation; mineralization 1. Introduction Tufa refers to product
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
298 F. M. Cowper Reed—Ocean Island. FIG. 2.—Olenoides, sp. ? Walcott, Fauna of the Lower Cambrian or...O T E S ON OCEAN ISLAND (BANABA). By F . R. COWPEK REED, M.A., F.G.S. O CEAN ISLAND, which is also known...briefly mentioned it, and it is not the same Ocean Island as Dana2 described, for the latter lies in lat...am also indebted to him for a description of the island, and to the Pacific Islands Company, Ltd., for...features and analyses of the phosphatic rocks. The island is of subcircular shape, with a circumference of
Book
• - . . - . . . . . Completed Coral Island, 2. On Coral Zoophytes, . 48 - - cal Distribution...101 Geological Conclusions, Hawaiian Islands, Island of Hawaii, • - . - • - - . - - - -121...Mount Hualalai, - Island of Maui, 3. Kahoolawe, Lanai, and Molokai, 4. Island of Oahu, - - 168...Formations, - . - . - - General Conclusions, 5. Island of Kauai, General Features, Geological Structure...Islands, 1. Island of Tahiti, 2. Other Islands of the Group, . . 2. Island of Tutuila, Island ofUpolu
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
acronym CATT (Calcite and Aragonite Travertine and Tufa) to designate these deposits jointly. The detailed...withthe thetravertine travertine and tufa literaFigure and tufa literature ture data (dashed area), modified... 27. 28. Ford, T.D.; Pedley, H.M. A review of tufa and travertine deposits of the world. Earth Sci...A.; Capezzuoli, E. Travertine versus calcareous tufa: Distinctive petrologic features and stable isotopes...Capezzuoli, E.; Gandin, A.; Pedley, M. Decoding tufa and travertine (freshwater carbonates) in the sedimentary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
studied, from a hypersaline lake in Kiritimati Island (Central Pacific), the largest atoll in the world...and Sample Collection Kiritimati (formerly Christmas Island) is the world’s largest atoll, with a surface...close to the Equator (1◦ 550 N, 157◦ 250 W). The island harbors approximately 500 lakes with salinities...and the strong climatic variability of Kiritimati island, mainly due to ENSO cycles, which strongly influence...microbial carbonates: The Phormidium stromatolites (Tufa-Travertine) of southeastern Burgundy (Paris Basin
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Huanglong Scenic area, precipitation of thick tufa successions has been attributed to CO2 degassing... Xiao, T., Huang, R., 2004. Factors controlling tufa deposition in natural waters at waterfall sites...precipitation in a hypersaline lake (Eleuthera Island, Bahamas). Sedimentology 51, 745–765. Fischbeck...calcite precipitation at Waikite Hot Springs, North Island, New Zealand. Journal of the Geological Society...in Iodine Pool, Waimangu Geothermal area, North Island, New Zealand: implications for recognition and
Book
limestone-soils from Java, Madura, Timor and the Christmas-Isle, S. of Java. Those from Java were collected...from Timor by Prof. JONKER (f 1906); those from Christmas-Isle by Dr. J. VOUTE, astronomer (Lembang). Finally...REMARKS. Pulu Pandjang, coral-island, W. of Djapara, Res. Semarang. Pulu = Island. LOCALITY: GEOLOGICAL AGE:...much organic remains organic remains 135 CHRISTMAS-ISLAND. In 1922 Dr. J. VOUTE, director of the Bosscha-Observatory...given here about this island, derived from: CH. ANDREWS, A Monograph of Christmas-Island, London 1900: „Christmas
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Occurrence of Hydromagnesite in Sediments in South Australia. Nature 1960, 188, 931. [CrossRef] Pueyo, J.;...East Basin Lake, a Saline Maar Lake, Southern Australia. Sediment. Geol. 1992, 81, 215–229. [CrossRef]...Holocene stromatolites, Lake Walyungup, Western Australia. Sedimentology 1998, 45, 1005–1018. [CrossRef]...Cyanobacterial Biofilms Forming Freshwater Microbial Tufa. Minerals 2019, 9, 409. [CrossRef] Visual MINTEQ...I.; Neu, T.R.; Reimer, A.; Shiraishi, F.; et al. Tufa-Forming Biofilms of German Karstwater Streams: Microorganisms
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
under, and amid many votive offerings a cippus of tufa rock marked with an alphabetic inscription has been...Chitose. cruiser. Japanese........ *19407 Christmas Island . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .19361
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
distribution in a 55 kyr peat deposit in tropical Australia: Implications to paleoclimate . . . . . . . ....Seasonal patterns of carbon chemistry and isotopes in tufa depositing groundwaters of southwestern Japan ....fractionation in cyanobacterial lipids and salinity in Christmas Island saline ponds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...inclusion D/H ratios of a stalagmite from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada . . 1014 L. JIN , E
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Spain: Archaeology Australia Australia: Archaeological and Paleontological Caves Australia: Biospeleology...Biospeleology Australia: History Aves (Birds) B Bambuí Karst, Brazil Bauxite Deposits in Karst Bear Rock Karst, Canada...Canada Canary Islands: Biospeleology Cape Range, Australia: Biospeleology Carbon Dioxide-enriched Cave Air...Waters Chillagoe and Mitchell-Palmer Karsts, Australia China China: Archaeological Caves Chiroptera (Bats)...Papua New Guinea New Zealand Nullarbor Plain, Australia O Organic Resources in Caves Organisms: Classification
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Arabian Gulf.143 Abu Dhabi facies associations .145 Island shoal and bank facies.145 Subtidal Facies.145 Intertidal...lake.201 Lake Eyre, Australia.202 Lake Frome, Australia.208 Lake Callabonna, Australia.210 Perennial stream...Sea-margin subaqueous salts .222 Coastal salinas of Australia.222 Carbonate salinas.223 Gypsum salinas .â–¡ 227...Lake, California.243 Lake levels and conditions.244 Tufa mound and pinnacles.244 Hydrological and hydrogeochemical...North Africa.801 Sylvite in the Amadeus Basin, Australia.804 Potash from brine pumping.805 Ancient (Pre-Quaternary)
Report (volume)
Eyre expedition of 1901–2: ‘The Dead Heart of Australia’ The start of geography textbook writing ‘The...geography; insights into Gregory’s appreciation of Australia General geography Climate variations in the past...Expedition to Cyrenaica (Libya) Third visit to Australia (1909) Book reviews Dent’s scientific primer ‘Geology’...the iron ore resources of the world More on ‘Australia’ Visit to Dalmatia in 1911 Continued contributions...BA involvement and Gregory’s fourth visit to Australia Other activities ‘The First Inhabitants of the
Book (edition)
deposits of desert countries, Coolgardie in West Australia 2 ) ; (2) Alluvial gravels which accumulate...60 Pleistocene gravels of California, Alaska, Australia The older gravels are often deeply Siberia. and...Siberia and Alaska. soil, In California and Australia the gravels of the ancient river systems are...gravels occur in Cornwall, the Malay States, Australia, Tasmania, Bolivia and in South Africa (Swaziland...dredged up in a sub-Antarctic latitude near Bouvet Island, hence they are not exclusively confined to regions
Book (edition)
the earth's development. continents and oceans, island chains and mountains, is an outcome of the most...earth's CONTOUE AND SURFACE SUBDIVISIONS. 17 and Australia, together with the islands of the East Indies...and Eurasia; but the latter, through Africa and Australia, has two southern prolongations, making, in all...the 100-fathom line. also ; Long Island Sound, '., Long Island and the Atlantic Border .with lines...Bathymetrle ; Cotidal - : ftr s. Unesin Long Island SoiiBil.tl—^^. the under-water Channel;; of Hudson
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USA Allen & Unwin (Australia) Ltd, 8 Napier Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia Allen & Unwin (New...peninsular India, Indonesia, Africa, Brazil and Australia appear to have been mainly initiated in Tertiary...evidence for Mesozoic beginnings in southern Australia. The soil processes at work over such lengths...progress. Most of the Tertiary laterites of northern Australia and India are now relict due to climatic SOIL-FORMING...shales, slates, gneisses and granites, as in Australia and Africa. The pallid zone is mottled yellowish-red
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USA Allen & Unwin (Australia) Ltd, 8 Napier Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia Allen & Unwin (New...peninsular India, Indonesia, Africa, Brazil and Australia appear to have been mainly initiated in Tertiary...evidence for Mesozoic beginnings in southern Australia. The soil processes at work over such lengths... Most of the Tertiary la terites of northern Australia and India are now relict due to climatic SOIL-FORMING...shales, slates, gneisses and granites, as in Australia and Africa. The pallid zone is mottled yellowish-red
Book (edition)
USA Allen & Unwin (Australia) Ltd, 8 Napier Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia Allen & Unwin (New...outlined below: (1) Nesosilicates or orthosilicates or island silicates. These minerals contain independent tetrahedra...collide along such a destructive plate margin, either island arcs may form on the surface or mountain ranges...occur both in oceanic and continental settings as island arc basalts, abyssal tholeiites and flood basalts...ridges, and in marginal or back-arc basins behind island arcs. Rocks which occur include sub-alkaline tholeiites
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formed of ash and the coarser material known as tufa may, and often do, contain fossils in a perfect...formations in our Western States are made up of tufa, and these have furnished specimens of fossils which...Mountains and also in northern India, southern Australia, northern Norway, and possibly South Africa. Especially...many scattered places in North America, Eurasia, Australia, and possi- eae COOPER LIBRAR RANGER COLLEG...North America, and in Probably Siberia, Sardinia, Australia, and Antarctica. not all the deposits containing
Report (issue)
AfricaCorundum Canada (a)Corundum .. .. Gamet .. . Australia-:Corundum .. . . New ZealandPumice (e) .. . ....(b)Pumice and pumice stone, lava and calcareous tufa Emery 1n bulk, crushed or ground .. .. .. Artificial...bulk, crushed or ground Hong Kong (d)Emery, etc. Australia (e)Pumice stone (£ Australian) New ZealandPumice...(£40,216) (£36,434) 2,912 4,251 .. ,. . Australia (d)Pigs, ingots, blocks, bars, powder .. .. and...Country 1921 I BRITISH EMPIRE India (a} . . Australia Total FOREIGN COUNTRIES Austria . . . . . Czechoslovakia
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138 Alcyonaria, Fossil from New Zealand and Australia, 75, 424 and Corals, of Sind, 80, 526 Alder,...Skeleton of ALpyornis, 97, 241 Expedition to Christmas Island, 99, 19 Complete Skeleton of Dmornis maxinnis...yEgyptiaca, Monograph 00, 2>2)^ ; Island, ; ; 00, of Christmas Fossil Mam- malia of Egypt, 00, 401... 96, 494 Anglo-Belgian Basin, 70, 158 Anguilla Island, W. Indies, Geological and Physical Development...New South Wales, 01, 573 Glossopteris, Flora of Australia, 02, 173,346; Fossil Flora of Cumberland Coalfields
Book (edition)
in 1981. BT filters S central. BT Queensland Australia Addis Ababa City in central part of country....subfiles E and N. See symposia. Ada County Adak Island In central part of Aleutian SW of Alaska Peninsula...South Australia Australia Adelaide Geosyncline Also search Adelaide. BT South Australia Australia SA...SA geosynclines Adelaide Island Off W coast of Antarctic Peninsula S of Cape Horn. BT Antarctica Adelaidean...Adelaidean SE Australia. See list E. UF Adelaidean system Adelaidean @ Afghanistan a Se BA SA SA chemistry(1)
Book (edition)
States and Canada 15. Biodiversity patterns in Australia Introduction Geographic factors Stygofauna and...growth and development 92. Nullarbor Caves, Australia Arthur N. Palmer Julia M. James, Annalisa K...Kentucky Mulu Caves, Malaysia Nullarbor Caves, Australia Postojna-Planina Cave System, Slovenia The Omega...in caves Diversity Biodiversity patterns in Australia Biodiversity in China Biodiversity in Europe Biodiversity...(761), University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia Hazel A. Barton (559), Department of Biology,
 
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