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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Global atlas of geological halite deposits, rock salt mines, salt domes, evaporite basins and solution-mining systems.
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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…
Algeria’s Triassic rock salt: El-Outaya and Ouled H’daïm diapirs, Tellian and Saharan Atlas salt tectonics, evaporite detachments, saline groundwater and Alpine compression.
El-Outaya and Ouled H’daïm in Algeria: Triassic evaporites, salt diapirism, natural groundwater salinisation, Santonian lateral salt migration and Miocene tectonic detachment.
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.
Hengelo and Haaksbergen in the Netherlands: deep Zechstein and Triassic halite, solution mining from roughly 400 to 1,200 metres, brine production and…
Cleveland’s underground rock-salt mine beneath Lake Erie: Silurian Salina Group halite, deep room-and-pillar workings and more than six decades of industrial production.
Hutchinson, Kansas rock salt and Strataca: Permian halite extending across roughly 37,000 square miles, mining at about 650 feet depth and underground…
Denmark Rock Salt Deposits: Hvornum Salt Dome, Mariager, Zechstein Halite and Solution Mining
Denmark's rock-salt geology through the Hvornum salt dome, Mariager, deep Zechstein halite and solution-mining methods.
Ukraine Rock Salt Deposits: Soledar, Sloviansk, Solotvyno, the Precarpathian Region and Donbas Halite Basins
Ukraine's major rock-salt districts, including Soledar, Sloviansk, Solotvyno, the Donbas halite basin and the Precarpathian salt region.
Germany Rock Salt Deposits: Bernburg, Borth, Grasleben, Zechstein Salt Domes and Northern Germany
Germany's rock-salt geology through Bernburg, Borth, Grasleben, the Zechstein evaporites and the salt-dome province of northern Germany.
Austria Rock Salt Deposits: Hallstatt, Altaussee, Salzburg-Dürrnberg and 7,000 Years of Mining
Austria's Alpine rock-salt deposits at Hallstatt, Altaussee and Salzburg-Dürrnberg, together with a mining tradition extending back roughly 7,000 years.
Romania Rock Salt Deposits: Slănic Prahova, Praid, Târgu Ocna, Ocna Dej, Cacica and Carpathian Salts
Romania's major rock-salt districts, including Slănic Prahova, Praid, Târgu Ocna, Ocna Dej and Cacica within the Carpathian and Transylvanian salt province.
Spain Rock Salt Deposits: Cardona Salt Mountain, Remolinos Halite Mine and the Ebro Basin
Spain's rock-salt geology through the Cardona Salt Mountain, the Remolinos halite mine and evaporite deposits of the Ebro Basin.
France Rock Salt Deposits: Varangéville, Lorraine Triassic Halite and France’s Last Active Dry Salt Mine
France's rock-salt geology through the Lorraine Triassic halites and Varangéville, described in the Turkish atlas as the country's last active dry salt mine.
Italy Rock Salt Deposits: Realmonte, Racalmuto, Petralia and Sicily’s Messinian Halites
Italy's major rock-salt deposits in Sicily, including Realmonte, Racalmuto and Petralia within the Messinian evaporite succession.
England Rock Salt Deposits: Cheshire Basin, Northwich Halite and Winsford Rock Salt Mine
England's rock-salt geology through the Cheshire Basin, Northwich Halite and the Winsford underground rock-salt mine.
Poland Rock Salt Deposits: Kłodawa, Mogilno, Góra, Bądzów, Wieliczka and Zechstein Salt Domes
Poland's rock-salt deposits and mines, including Kłodawa, Mogilno, Góra, Bądzów, Wieliczka and the country's Zechstein salt structures.