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.
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.
Hampton Corners mine in New York: deep Salina Group halite, a 1,433-foot shaft and reported daily rock-salt production on the order of…
Ojibway underground salt mine in Windsor, Ontario: Salina Group halite, production since the mid-1950s and large annual capacity serving Canadian and U.S.…
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.
South America Rock Salt Atlas: Brazil, Colombia and the Continent’s Geological Halite Deposits
A continental atlas of geological rock salt in South America, focused on the Sergipe-Alagoas evaporites of Brazil and the Zipaquirá-Nemocón halite systems of Colombia.
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.
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.
Africa Rock Salt Atlas: Morocco, Ethiopia Danakil, Tunisian Salt Diapirs and African Halite Deposits
A continental atlas of genuine halite and rock salt deposits in Africa, including active Moroccan mines, Danakil rock salt in Ethiopia and Triassic salt diapirs in Tunisia.
Oceania Rock Salt Atlas: Australian Halite Basins and the Rock Salt Status of New Zealand
An Oceania atlas of genuine rock salt formations, covering the Adavale, Amadeus, Polda, Canning and Officer halite basins of Australia and documenting the absence of rock-salt deposits in New Zealand.
North America Rock Salt Atlas: United States, Canada, Mexico, Halite Basins, Salt Domes and Underground Mines
A North American atlas of natural rock salt deposits in the United States, Canada and Mexico, including the Silurian Salina Group, Permian Basin evaporites, Louisiana salt domes and major underground mines.
Europe Rock Salt Atlas: England, Poland, Germany, Austria, Romania, Spain and European Halite Belts
A continental atlas examining European rock salt deposits through the Zechstein, Triassic and Alpine-Carpathian evaporite systems and their major mines.
World Rock Salt Atlas: Countries, Halite Deposits, Salt Domes, Mines and Global Rock Salt Geology
A global rock salt atlas examining halite deposits by continent, country, sedimentary basin and mine.