The Permian Basin is one of the classic examples of evaporite geology. USGS reports that the Permian System reaches about 2,000 metres in some areas and that individual evaporite formations commonly range from 60 to 500 metres thick.
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Broad Shallow Inland Sea
During Permian time, a broad shallow inland sea extended from west Texas northward toward Kansas.
Slow but persistent basin subsidence created accommodation for thick sedimentary and evaporite successions.
Migration of Deposition
USGS summaries describe the main evaporite depocentre migrating southward through time from Kansas and northwestern Oklahoma toward Texas and New Mexico.
This stratigraphic shift records long-term basin evolution.
Economic Minerals
Rock salt, gypsum and potash became major resources within the basin.
USGS records identify salt production, gypsum mining and the Carlsbad potash district as economic expressions of the evaporite system.
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