| Evaporite Basins Contributor(s): Peryt, Tadeusz M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3540186794 ISBN-13: 9783540186793 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1987 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology - Science | Earth Sciences - Mineralogy - Science | Earth Sciences - Sedimentology & Stratigraphy |
| Dewey: 552.5 |
| Series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.63 lbs) 188 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Characteristic examples of evaporite basins, mostly of moderate size, are discussed in terms of type (playas, continental sabkhas, barred basins), deposits, fossils, relics and pseudomorphs of gypsum found, and complex of diagenesis, e.g. in the Red Sea Miocene where reef complexes predate the deposition of massive evaporites. Two models, the sabkha model and the deep desiccation basin model, are both employed to explain the formation of evaporite basins. In many cases both models must be combined as many evaporites were formed in subaqueous environments. |