An evaporite (/ɪˈvæpəˌraɪt/) is a water-soluble sedimentary mineral deposit that results from concentration and crystallization by evaporation from an... 15 KB (1,719 words) - 22:33, 25 January 2024 |
The Messinian evaporite deposit is a geological deposit of evaporites which was found on Sicily and named after the city of Messina. It was later found... 846 bytes (87 words) - 14:59, 17 July 2019 |
Carbonates and Evaporites is an international scientific journal published 4 times a year by Springer and provides a forum for the exchange of concepts... 1 KB (76 words) - 21:31, 9 August 2023 |
Messinian salinity crisis (section Synchronism versus diachronism—deep water versus shallow water evaporites) from below the deep seafloor of the Mediterranean Sea, which include evaporite minerals, soils, and fossil plants, show that the precursor of the Strait... 52 KB (6,343 words) - 22:51, 30 April 2024 |
The Prairie Evaporite Formation, also known as the Prairie Formation, is a geologic formation of Middle Devonian (Givetian) age that consists primarily... 12 KB (1,330 words) - 01:06, 11 March 2024 |
(Arabic: سبخة) is a coastal, supratidal mudflat or sandflat in which evaporite-saline minerals accumulate as the result of semiarid to arid climate.... 19 KB (2,614 words) - 11:16, 18 February 2024 |
sub-parallel mountainous ridges that formed by folding over a Triassic evaporite decollement due to thrust movements in the foreland of the Alps The 'Simply... 4 KB (438 words) - 10:08, 23 April 2024 |
the form of halite (commonly known as rock salt), and extracted from evaporite formations. Before the advent of the modern internal combustion engine... 13 KB (779 words) - 15:22, 1 February 2024 |
borosilicate hydroxide (Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5), is a borate mineral found in evaporite deposits. Howlite was discovered near Windsor, Nova Scotia, in 1868 by... 7 KB (635 words) - 12:07, 8 February 2024 |
Manitoba Group (redirect from Hubbard Evaporite) Givetian to Frasnian age and consists of thin shale-carbonate-evaporite cycles. The Hubbard Evaporite is recognised at the top of the Montana Group in the Elk... 4 KB (298 words) - 20:15, 13 August 2023 |
Gypsum (category Evaporite) also crystallizes as translucent crystals of selenite. It forms as an evaporite mineral and as a hydration product of anhydrite. The Mohs scale of mineral... 42 KB (4,156 words) - 20:47, 25 April 2024 |
Madison Group (redirect from Foirbisher Evaporite) Thickness Reference Poplar Beds Meramecian limestone, argillaceous dolomite, evaporite 152 m (500 ft) Ratcliffe Beds Osagian dense dolomite, mudstone with three... 10 KB (710 words) - 20:12, 13 August 2023 |
Cumbrian Coast Group (redirect from St Bees Evaporite Formation) Cumbrian coast and beneath the Vale of Eden. It comprises the St Bees Evaporite and the overlying St Bees Shale Formation which are between 0 and 100m... 2 KB (155 words) - 11:56, 23 July 2023 |
the Delaware and Midland Basins that grade up-dip into siltstones and evaporites. The Eastern and Northwestern Shelves are subdivided into the San Andres... 59 KB (7,007 words) - 17:14, 31 March 2024 |
resources and formations. The national park lies above an underground evaporite layer or salt bed, which is the main cause of the formation of the arches... 43 KB (3,904 words) - 22:02, 24 April 2024 |
Trona (category Evaporite) sodium sesquicarbonate dihydrate, Na2CO3·NaHCO3·2H2O) is a non-marine evaporite mineral. It is mined as the primary source of sodium carbonate in the... 13 KB (1,237 words) - 18:19, 4 March 2024 |
halogens (group 17) typically occur. Calcium chloride occurs as the rare evaporite minerals sinjarite (dihydrate) and antarcticite (hexahydrate). Another... 36 KB (2,931 words) - 16:17, 26 April 2024 |
Carnallite (category Evaporite) Carnallite (also carnalite) is an evaporite mineral, a hydrated potassium magnesium chloride with formula KCl.MgCl2·6(H2O). It is variably colored yellow... 11 KB (1,151 words) - 19:40, 16 January 2024 |
of the Silurian, sea levels dropped again, leaving telltale basins of evaporites extending from Michigan to West Virginia, and the new mountain ranges... 57 KB (5,667 words) - 01:01, 30 April 2024 |