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