Sentences with word «evaporite»

The astonishingly massive evaporite deposit, 3,900 feet (1,200 m) thick, appears to be draining an area far larger than a map - based or topographic watershed would suggest, says lead hydrologist David Boutt.

As mentioned above, mineral species identification is also in progress for holes 1 and 2 as selected samples have been chosen for XRD analysis to determine the mineralogy of the complex potash and evaporite minerals.

Among the best places to find Martian microfossils would likely be at the sites of mineralizing springs, ancient evaporite deposits, and soil hardpans.

«We think there were a lot of hot spring environments on Mars,» says Farmer, «and large lake basins where evaporites may have formed.

Its salt became a layer of rock salt, called evaporite, which was then buried by windblown sediment.

But pleats didn't evaporite quickly after fall, it transitioned to spring and summer.

The western part of the Tethys evolved into the Mediterranean Sea not long after it had been cut off from the global ocean system about 6 million to 5 million years ago and had formed evaporite deposits which reach up to several kilometres in thickness in a land - locked basin that may have resembled Death Valley in present - day California.

Potassium is a common element found in many materials, such as micas, clay minerals, tephra, and evaporites.

The water levels of closed basins such as the Caspian Sea and particularly the evaporite basin of the Kara - Bogaz - Gol Gulf reflect runoff to the Volga.

Half of this sulphur is the oxidised form sulphate, found in sabhkas (evaporites) for instance, whereas only ca one fifth of carbon is in the reduced form; the majority is carbonate ie.

The deposition of evaporites (salts) was periodically set in motion as a result of reduced ocean circulation occurring in geographically restricted places such as shallow embayments.