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The Travertine Hot Spring Deposits at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone

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The travertine hot spring deposits at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, are more spectacular than most. Around the immediate area are either unconsolidated glacial deposits or Tertiary volcanics. What rock probably lies deeper beneath the hot springs to account for all the travertine deposits?


A) shale
B) quartzite
C) limestone
D) rhyolite

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