Depositional properties and geochemistry of Holocene perched springline tufa deposits and associated spring waters: a case study from the Denizli Province, Western Turkey - Tufas and Speleothems: Unravelling the Microbial and Physical Controls - page 242

Fig. 1. (a) Geographical setting of the Denizli province in Turkey; (b) Location of the G¨ ney springline tufa site (a)
and other two tufa sites (b: Sakızcılar and c: Honaz) in the province and (c) Local geological map of the G ¨ney
springline tufa site. Sp-1, 2, 3 and 4 are spring resurgences.

village located (Fig. 2). The tufa deposits cover an
area of about 20 hectares.
A road goes up through the tufa deposits from
the river bed towards Cindere (Fig. 1c). The G ¨ney
waterfall site is an area of unique geological/natural
heritage that is visited by many people, especially

during spring and summer seasons. There are mainly
four springs and numerous seeps that emerge from the
metamorphic bedrock that has been fractured inten-
sely. The spring waters have formed coalescent tufa
bodies that occur at elevations between 220- 400 m
above the B¨y ¨k Menderes river bed (Fig. 1c).