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INTRODUCTION Evaporites may form in a spectrum of environments from continental sabkha (playa) to
deep basins (see Kendall 1978 a, b, Schreiber 1978, 1986, Friedman and Krumbein
1985, for review). In the last two decades, many ancient evaporite basins have been
interpreted using the sabkha model and the deep desiccated basin model, the former
not excluding the latter. However, growing evidence has been gathered indicating that
most evaporites are formed in subaqueous environments, so that it cannot be reasonably
expected that one depositional model alone will explain the entire basin fill.
The chapters in this volume discuss characteristic examples of evaporite basins,
mostly of moderate size. Aspects of a saline giant, the Zechstein basin of Central
and NW Europe, have been considered in Volume 10 of "Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences"...
Pages:
Online-Ressource (188 Seiten)
ISBN:
9783540186793
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0010095
Language:
English
