USGS explanation of caves, subsidence and sinkholes produced by dissolution of highly soluble halite and gypsum.
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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.
The development of the thick dolomite, gypsum/anhydrite, halite and potash succession in the southwestern US Permian Basin.
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.
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.
Robert Finkelman’s Trace-Element Research: Arsenic, Selenium, Fluorine and Health Effects of Geological Materials
Finkelman’s research on occurrence, mobility and health significance of trace elements in geological materials.
Robert Finkelman’s Geological Fuel and Health Research: Arsenic, Fluorine, Selenium and Exposure Pathways
Finkelman and colleagues’ research on health effects of elements in geological materials through inhalation, water, food and domestic-use pathways.
Tim Dooley’s Physical Salt-Tectonics Models: Extension, Shortening, Strike-Slip and Gravity-Driven Systems
Tim Dooley’s physical salt-tectonics experiments and laboratory modelling methods at AGL.
Tim Dooley, Martin Jackson and Michael Hudec’s 2023 Physical-Model Study of Salt Canopies
The 2023 AAPG Bulletin study using physical models to investigate growth and evolution of salt canopies on a salt-detached slope.
What Is Medical Geology? The Global Framework of Selinus, Finkelman, Centeno and IMGA
IMGA’s definition of medical geology and its framework for geological materials, trace elements, water and health.
Who Is Michael R. Hudec? A Sourced Profile of Salt Tectonics, 3-D Modelling and AGL Research
A sourced profile of Michael Hudec’s work on salt tectonics, kinematic modelling, seismic interpretation and the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory.
Michael Hudec’s Salt-Sheet and Salt-Canopy Research: Emplacement and Deformation of Allochthonous Salt
Hudec’s research program on allochthonous salt sheets and salt canopies, especially in the Gulf of Mexico.
Rifting and Salt Tectonics on Passive Margins: Michael Hudec’s Brazil, West Africa and Gulf of Mexico Research
Hudec’s research on how basement structure, rifting and passive-margin evolution influence salt tectonics.
How Does the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory Study Salt Tectonics? Physical Models, Finite Elements and Geological Studies
A detailed explanation of AGL’s three main methods for studying salt and mobile-shale systems.
Essentials of Medical Geology: 60 Experts, 20 Countries and a Core Reference on Geology and Health
The scope of Essentials of Medical Geology, edited by Olle Selinus, and its relevance to rock salt and mineral research.