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…
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Natural halite deposits, salt domes, diapirs and rock salt basins across the Middle East.
Natural halite deposits, salt domes, diapirs and rock salt basins across the Middle East.
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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…
UAE rock-salt geology: Infra-Cambrian Hormuz Salt diapirs exposed on offshore islands and at Jebel Al Dhanna, with massive halite, inclusions and potential…
Oman’s roughly 540-million-year-old Ara Group rock salt, South Oman and Ghaba salt basins, surface-piercing diapirs, carbonate stringers and halokinetic evaporite geology.
Mount Sedom in the Dead Sea Basin: a surface-piercing rock-salt diapir, thick Sedom Formation evaporites, salt caves, dissolution surfaces and continuing uplift.
Saudi Arabia’s geological halite in Arab and Hith evaporites, deep Arabian salt systems, evaporite karst east of Riyadh and the distinction between…
Iran’s Hormuz rock salt: Late Neoproterozoic–Early Cambrian evaporites, Zagros salt domes, diapirs, salt glaciers and very thick halite systems in Fars and…
A regional rock salt atlas covering natural halite deposits of the Middle East, the Hormuz-Ara salt system, Zagros salt domes, Omani basins,…
Saudi Arabia Rock Salt Deposits: Arab and Hith Formations, Deep Halite and Evaporite Karst
Saudi Arabia’s geological halite in Arab and Hith evaporites, deep Arabian salt systems, evaporite karst east of Riyadh and the distinction between subsurface rock salt and modern sabkha salt.
Salif Rock Salt Deposit: More Than 1,000 Metres of Miocene Halite on Yemen’s Red Sea Coast
Salif, Yemen: more than 1,000 metres of Miocene bedded halite deposited during Red Sea rifting, anhydrite laminae, overlying gypsum and later diapiric deformation.
Yemen Rock Salt Deposits: Sab’atayn Basin, Shabwa Salt Diapirs and More Than 1,000 Metres of Salif Halite
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 Sea, with diapirs created by later halokinesis.
Sab’atayn and Shabwa Rock Salt Diapirs: Yemen’s Jurassic Halite, Thick Subsurface Salt and Milh Kharwah
Sab’atayn and Shabwa salt in Yemen: Tithonian halite, subsurface intervals locally up to about 1,500 metres, salt diapirism, differential loading and structures including Milh Kharwah.
United Arab Emirates Rock Salt Deposits: Hormuz Salt Domes, Dalma, Sir Bani Yas, Zirku and Jebel Al Dhanna
UAE rock-salt geology: Infra-Cambrian Hormuz Salt diapirs exposed on offshore islands and at Jebel Al Dhanna, with massive halite, inclusions and potential subsurface-storage relevance.
Oman Rock Salt Deposits: Ara Group, South Oman and Ghaba Salt Basins, Qarn Alam and Salt Domes
Oman’s roughly 540-million-year-old Ara Group rock salt, South Oman and Ghaba salt basins, surface-piercing diapirs, carbonate stringers and halokinetic evaporite geology.
Israel Rock Salt Deposits: Mount Sedom Salt Wall, Dead Sea Basin and a Two-Kilometre Halite Succession
Mount Sedom in the Dead Sea Basin: a surface-piercing rock-salt diapir, thick Sedom Formation evaporites, salt caves, dissolution surfaces and continuing uplift.
Iran Rock Salt Deposits: Zagros, Hormuz Salt Domes, Salt Glaciers and Two-Kilometre Halite Basins
Iran’s Hormuz rock salt: Late Neoproterozoic–Early Cambrian evaporites, Zagros salt domes, diapirs, salt glaciers and very thick halite systems in Fars and Laristan.
Middle East Rock Salt Atlas: Iran, Oman, Dead Sea, Saudi Arabia and UAE Salt Domes
A regional rock salt atlas covering natural halite deposits of the Middle East, the Hormuz-Ara salt system, Zagros salt domes, Omani basins, Mount Sedom and UAE salt diapirs.