The Temisas Carbonate Building: an example of a thermogene tufa system in Gran Canaria Island
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El Edificio carbonático de Temisas (TCB) está situado en el barranco de
Temisas al SW Gran Canaria. Se pueden reconocer cuatro facies distintas:
detritica, “framestone”, fitoclástica y de transición, entre las dos últimas. Los
depósitos carbonáticos son esencialmente de calcita. La secuencia sedimentaria
indica que el TCB se ha formado en un sistema fluvial formado
sobre todo por cascadas, canales y barras. Los depósitos estudiados en este
trabajo corresponden a la parte distal de una surgencia carbonática y se
podrían clasificar como toba. Los valores de isótopos estables sugieren un
origen termal para estas aguas. Por ello el TCB puede ser considerado como
una toba termogéna
The Temisas Carbonate Building (TCB) is situated in the Temisas ravine, at the SW part of the Gran Canaria Island. Four different facies were recognised: detrital, framestone, phytoclastic and a transition between the last two facies. The carbonate is mostly calcite. The sedimentary sequence indicates that the TCB was formed in a fluvial system with different subenvironments, such as cascades, channels and bars. The studied deposits correspond to the distal part of a calcareous spring deposit. Petrologically these deposits can be included in the term tufa. The stable isotope values indicate thermal origin for the CO2, so from the geochemical point of view the TCB should be considered a thermogene tufa
The Temisas Carbonate Building (TCB) is situated in the Temisas ravine, at the SW part of the Gran Canaria Island. Four different facies were recognised: detrital, framestone, phytoclastic and a transition between the last two facies. The carbonate is mostly calcite. The sedimentary sequence indicates that the TCB was formed in a fluvial system with different subenvironments, such as cascades, channels and bars. The studied deposits correspond to the distal part of a calcareous spring deposit. Petrologically these deposits can be included in the term tufa. The stable isotope values indicate thermal origin for the CO2, so from the geochemical point of view the TCB should be considered a thermogene tufa







