Abstract
Dolomitization of associated carbonate rocks may be the key to the initial depletion of seawater sulfate in the form of additional gypsum and anhydrite deposition, which leads to non-deposition of magnesium sulfate minerals and the precipitation of sylvite and carnallite. The chemistry of the evaporite minerals can be explained by an altered seawater brine mixing with meteoric water in the form of stream runoff and flash floods in an arid basin. -from Author
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Sedimentology and Geochemistry of Modern and Ancient Saline Lakes Models |
Editors | Robin W. Renaut, William M. Last |
Publisher | SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology |
Pages | 293-306 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Volume | 50 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781565761759 |
ISBN (Print) | 156576014X |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1994 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Environmental Science
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences