How are travertine or silica deposits formed from boiling geysers and related hydrothermal systems?
A) Boiling off steam forces the remaining hot solution to be saturated or supersaturated as the same mineral content is now concentrated in less water and it precipitates.
B) More gases enter the system once boiling starts forcing precipitation.
C) As pressures increase less mineral matter is soluble.
D) By introduction of cold fresh recharge water which quenches the system.
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