The development of the thick dolomite, gypsum/anhydrite, halite and potash succession in the southwestern US Permian Basin.
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A USGS strontium-isotope test of whether Castile Formation evaporites were derived mainly from seawater or strongly mixed continental waters.
How near-surface evaporation, temperature and brine movement control halite, gypsum and carnallite precipitation in saline systems.
The geochemical logic behind enrichment of K, Mg, Li and other elements in residual brines after halite precipitation.
USGS explanation of caves, subsidence and sinkholes produced by dissolution of highly soluble halite and gypsum.
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.
Why thick rock-salt and gypsum successions generally require repeated replenishment rather than a single isolated sea drying once.
How USGS interpretations of Castile and Salado evaporites explain gypsum and halite forming under different hydrologic conditions.
The 2023 reconstruction of seawater strontium from 1,371 fluid inclusions in 131 halite samples.
Testing fluid-inclusion analytical methods with laboratory-grown halite in NaCl-KCl-MgCl2-CaCl2 brine systems.
Fayet-Moore, Wibisono, Carr and Colleagues: The Interdisciplinary Pink-Salt Research Team
A sourced overview of the nine researchers and institutions behind the 2020 pink-salt mineral-analysis paper.
Acid Solubility of Trace Elements in Rock Salt: The Steinhauser Team’s Bioavailability Approach
The method used by Steinhauser and colleagues to estimate potential bioavailability by dissolving rock salt in dilute hydrochloric acid.
How Did Rock Salts from Six Countries Differ? Comparing 18 Samples from Austria to Pakistan
Trace-element comparison of rock salts from Austria, Germany, Pakistan, Poland, Switzerland and Ukraine in the Steinhauser study.
How Is Neutron Activation Analysis Used for Rock Salt? Trace-Element Measurement with INAA
The role of instrumental neutron activation analysis in measuring trace elements in rock salt in the Steinhauser study.
Mineral Analysis of 31 Pink Salt Samples in Australia: Study Design and Main Findings
The 2020 Foods laboratory analysis of 31 pink-salt samples and one iodized white-salt control.
Twenty-Five Elements and Minerals Measured in Pink Salt: Nutrient and Non-Nutrient Components
The research framework for 25 nutrient and non-nutrient elements measured in solid pink-salt samples in 2020.
Is Pink Salt Colour Related to Mineral Composition? Evidence from the 2020 Australian Study
Statistical relationships between mineral levels and colour intensity in light, medium and dark pink salts.
Lead in Pink Salt: One Sample Above the Limit in the 31-Sample Study
The context of a lead result above the Australian maximum contaminant level in one pink-salt sample.
How Was Pink Salt Analysed in the Laboratory? Mass-Spectrometry Scanning of Solid Samples
An explanation of the solid-sample mass-spectrometry approach used to measure 25 components in the 2020 study.
Who Is Dr Flavia Fayet-Moore? Pink Salt Mineral Analysis and Nutrition Research
A sourced profile of Flavia Fayet-Moore’s role in the 2020 study of pink-salt mineral composition.