How dissolution of older evaporites can create NaCl- and CaSO4-rich brines and feed later mineral precipitation.
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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.
USGS explanation of caves, subsidence and sinkholes produced by dissolution of highly soluble halite and gypsum.
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.
Medical Geology: A Regional Synthesis – Selinus, Finkelman and Centeno’s Global Reference
The global scope of Medical Geology: A Regional Synthesis, edited by Selinus, Finkelman and Centeno.
What Is a Reactive Diapir? One of Martin Jackson’s Key Salt-Tectonics Concepts
The meaning of reactive diapirism in salt tectonics and its relationship to extension and faulting.
What Is a Squeezed Diapir? How Compression Reshapes Salt Diapirs
The squeezed-diapir concept: pre-existing salt diapirs modified and narrowed during regional shortening.
Who Is Tim Dooley? Physical Modelling of Salt Tectonics and AGL Laboratory Research
Tim Dooley’s research on scaled analogue modelling, salt tectonics and the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory.
What Is a Salt Canopy? Martin Jackson and AGL’s Concept of an Allochthonous Salt Canopy
The geological meaning and development of the salt-canopy concept pioneered and popularised by Martin Jackson and AGL.
What Is a Salt Weld? Salt Withdrawal, Layer Collapse and Weld-Like Geological Contacts
Martin Jackson and AGL’s salt-weld concept: structural contacts left after salt withdrawal.
How Do Halite Fluid Inclusions Record Ancient Seawater? The 2001 Lowenstein Study
The 2001 study testing how faithfully fluid inclusions in modern marine halite preserve seawater chemistry.
550 Million Years of Seawater Strontium: Lowenstein Team’s Study of 1,371 Halite Fluid Inclusions
The 2023 reconstruction of 550 million years of seawater strontium using 1,371 fluid inclusions in 131 halite samples.
Who Was Martin P. A. Jackson? A Pioneer of Modern Salt Tectonics and the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory
A sourced profile of Martin Jackson’s work on salt tectonics, diapirism and the Applied Geodynamics Laboratory.
Martin Jackson’s Oakwood Salt Dome Study: Halite Deformation, Recrystallisation and Groundwater
Jackson’s 1985 Oakwood Dome study of rock-salt deformation, recrystallisation and groundwater dissolution.