Çalışmaya konu olan tufa yüzleği, Türkiye’nin ikinci büyüklükteki neotektonik yapısı sol yanal doğrultu atımlı Doğu Anadolu Fay Sistemi’nin önemli zonlarından biri Elazığ Zonu üstünde, şehir merkezinin yaklaşık 20 km güneybatısında bulunur.
 Tufaların yanal-düşey ilişkili olduğu Kuvaterner yaşlı Palu Formasyonu, karasal kökenli kırıntılı çökellerle karakterize edilir. Tufa oluşumunda kayna...

The travertine deposit springs are located on the southeast of the Damavand Volcano, 85 km northeast of Tehran Province. The deposits of these springs mainly outcropped with cascade, hill, conical, layered, calcareous Tufa and Fissure-Ridges morphologies. Travertine studies have usually been conducted based on field observations, geochemistry and hydrology. The tectonic activity of the region, ...

Ciliates are single celled eukaryotes recognized as key players in the microbial loop of aquatic ecosystems. The present study was carried out on Krka River (Croatia), a karst freshwater ecosystem characterized by tufa barriers, biomineralization and highly diverse communities. main aims were to investigate ciliate community structure biofilm (i.e. periphyton) samples collected from light- dark...