Travertinos ligados a fallas: ejemplos del desierto de Tabernas (Almería, Cordillera Bética)

Abstract

In the Tabernas desert there are several sectors with Quaternary travertines not formed in the proximities of carbonatic rocks, but originated by the rise of deep mineralized water along faults. These travertines have Fe mineralization in its older levels. The mineralization present similitude with that formed in the region during the late Miocene, then connected with the volcanism