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Testing fluid-inclusion analytical methods with laboratory-grown halite in NaCl-KCl-MgCl2-CaCl2 brine systems.
A sourced profile of Tim K. Lowenstein’s research on halite fluid inclusions, ancient seawater chemistry and evaporite geochemistry.
The Brennan and Lowenstein 2002 reconstruction of Silurian seawater from 100 inclusions in Michigan and Canning Basin halites.
The 2005 Lowenstein study reconstructing Permian seawater major-ion chemistry from halite fluid inclusions.
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.
Who Was Olle Selinus? The Scientific Legacy of a Founder of Medical Geology
Olle Selinus’s career at the Geological Survey of Sweden, the development of medical geology and his role in founding IMGA.
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.