Coprecipitation of sulfate in speleothem and tufa deposits

Abstract

The study on terrestrial carbonates such as speleothem and tufa deposits has shown that important information can be extracted using the sulfate contents in them. The concentration of sulfate ion coprecipitated in the carbonates is directly proportional to the concentration of sulfate of the mother liquid. In this study, the distribution constants of sulfate were estimated for stalactites and tufa.