A USGS strontium-isotope test of whether Castile Formation evaporites were derived mainly from seawater or strongly mixed continental waters.
Category Rock Salt Chemistry
Featured Articles
The geochemical logic behind enrichment of K, Mg, Li and other elements in residual brines after halite precipitation.
How dissolution of older evaporites can create NaCl- and CaSO4-rich brines and feed later mineral precipitation.
A synthesis of the full evaporite-basin lifecycle from restricted seawater inflow through gypsum, halite and potash precipitation to later dissolution and karst.
An explanation of the typical gypsum/anhydrite, halite and sylvite-potash precipitation sequence in marine evaporite systems.
How USGS interpretations of Castile and Salado evaporites explain gypsum and halite forming under different hydrologic conditions.
Testing fluid-inclusion analytical methods with laboratory-grown halite in NaCl-KCl-MgCl2-CaCl2 brine systems.
A synthesis of modern, Silurian, Permian, Cretaceous and Neoproterozoic halite studies explaining why halite is a powerful archive of paleoseawater chemistry.
The 2023 reconstruction of seawater strontium from 1,371 fluid inclusions in 131 halite samples.
A sourced profile of Tim K. Lowenstein’s research on halite fluid inclusions, ancient seawater chemistry and evaporite geochemistry.
The 2001 validation of paleoseawater reconstruction by comparing modern marine and nonmarine halite fluid inclusions.
The analytical, provenance-validation and thermodynamic back-calculation steps used to reconstruct paleoseawater from halite fluid inclusions.
How Does an Evaporite System Work from Start to Finish? From Seawater to Rock Salt, Potash and Karst
A synthesis of the full evaporite-basin lifecycle from restricted seawater inflow through gypsum, halite and potash precipitation to later dissolution and karst.
What Was the Parent Brine of the Castile Evaporites? Testing Marine Origin with Strontium Isotopes
A USGS strontium-isotope test of whether Castile Formation evaporites were derived mainly from seawater or strongly mixed continental waters.
Why Do Potash and Magnesium Salts Form After Halite? Residual-Brine Chemistry
The geochemical logic behind enrichment of K, Mg, Li and other elements in residual brines after halite precipitation.
Can Rock-Salt Deposits Dissolve and Reprecipitate Elsewhere? Evaporite Recycling
How dissolution of older evaporites can create NaCl- and CaSO4-rich brines and feed later mineral precipitation.
What Precipitates First as Seawater Evaporates? The Gypsum, Halite and Potash Sequence
An explanation of the typical gypsum/anhydrite, halite and sylvite-potash precipitation sequence in marine evaporite systems.
Why Do Gypsum and Halite Precipitate in Different Parts of the Same Basin? Density Stratification and Salinity
How USGS interpretations of Castile and Salado evaporites explain gypsum and halite forming under different hydrologic conditions.
Strontium in 1,371 Halite Fluid Inclusions: 550 Million Years of Seawater Change
The 2023 reconstruction of seawater strontium from 1,371 fluid inclusions in 131 halite samples.
How Are Halite Fluid Inclusions Calibrated in the Laboratory? Melting Behavior and Brine Systems
Testing fluid-inclusion analytical methods with laboratory-grown halite in NaCl-KCl-MgCl2-CaCl2 brine systems.
Why Is Halite a Chemical Archive of Ancient Oceans? A 550-Million-Year Record from Fluid Inclusions
A synthesis of modern, Silurian, Permian, Cretaceous and Neoproterozoic halite studies explaining why halite is a powerful archive of paleoseawater chemistry.
Do Halite Fluid Inclusions Really Record Seawater? The 2001 Great Inagua and Baja California Test
The 2001 validation of paleoseawater reconstruction by comparing modern marine and nonmarine halite fluid inclusions.