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.
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.
Eşref Atabey’s 2008 Medical Geology Project: 172 Settlements, Water–Rock–Soil–Plant Sampling and Geological Health Risks
The MTA 2008 Medical Geology Project by Eşref Atabey and Murat Şahan, including field sampling and geological health themes.
Steinhauser, Sterba, Poljanc, Bichler and Buchtela: The Rock-Salt Trace-Element Research Team
The five authors of the 2006 study of 18 rock-salt samples and the laboratory framework of their research.
Georg Steinhauser and the 18-Sample Rock Salt Study: Trace Elements and Solubility in an Acid Medium
The 2006 Steinhauser et al. study of trace elements and acid-medium solubility in 18 rock-salt samples from six countries using neutron activation analysis.
Eşref Atabey’s Medical Geology Approach: Minerals, Trace Elements, Geological Environment and Human Health
Eşref Atabey's medical geology framework in MTA publications, including mineral dusts, trace elements and natural environmental exposures.