Khammouane and Savannakhet in Laos: Upper Cretaceous halite–potash sequences, three evaporite cycles, marine-derived brines, later freshwater and hydrothermal influence, and the eastern…
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Rock salt deposits, halite basins, mines and evaporite systems across Asia.
Rock salt deposits, halite basins, mines and evaporite systems across Asia.
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Yemen’s rock-salt geology: Jurassic Sab’atayn–Shabwah salt in interior rift basins and more than 1,000 metres of Miocene Salif halite along the Red…
Sab’atayn and Shabwa salt in Yemen: Tithonian halite, subsurface intervals locally up to about 1,500 metres, salt diapirism, differential loading and structures…
Salif, Yemen: more than 1,000 metres of Miocene bedded halite deposited during Red Sea rifting, anhydrite laminae, overlying gypsum and later diapiric…
Thailand’s giant Cretaceous evaporite province: Khorat and Sakon Nakhon basins, Maha Sarakham halite, widespread salt domes and the close association of rock…
Maha Sarakham Formation in Thailand: three principal salt members, locally about 250 metres of halite, potash-bearing evaporites and the stratigraphy of the…
Bamnet Narong in Thailand’s Khorat Basin: Late Cretaceous halite, potash-bearing evaporites and a well-known exploration district within the Maha Sarakham Formation.
Laos’s rock-salt geology: Vientiane, Khammouane and Savannakhet halite-potash basins, the eastern continuation of the Khorat evaporite system and major subsurface salt resources.
Duzdağ rock-salt mine in Nakhchivan: three main halite layers, an approximately 150-metre salt-bearing mass, archaeological evidence of ancient mining and continuing underground…
Tajikistan’s major rock-salt systems: Khoja Mumin salt mountain, Vose and Kamyshkurgan evaporites, diapiric halite and the broader Central Asian salt province.
Khoja Mumin in Tajikistan: an exposed salt diapir with thick halite, natural caves and dissolution landforms, and geological evidence of a much…
Afghanistan’s geological rock salt: Takhar salt domes, Ghoryan and Andkhoy evaporites, Jurassic halite and the structural controls of Central Asian salt basins.
Uzbekistan Rock Salt Deposits: Khodjaikon, Tyubegatanskoe, Kyzylmazar and Central Asian Jurassic Halite
Uzbekistan’s Khodjaikon natural rock-salt monolith, Tyubegatanskoe and Kyzylmazar Jurassic halite, and the Kugitang–Amu Darya evaporite belt of Central Asia.
Asia Rock Salt Atlas: Pakistan, India, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Major Halite Basins
A continental atlas of natural rock salt deposits in Asia, covering the Pakistan Salt Range, Himalayan Mandi halites, Chinese continental basins and Jurassic halites of Central Asia.