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Page 262
... Basin of Nevada and California , across the coastal salt flats ( sabkhas ) of the Middle East , and in salt pans , estuaries , and lagoons around the Gulf of Suez . Ancient evaporates occur widely in the Phanerozoic geologic record ...
... Basin of Nevada and California , across the coastal salt flats ( sabkhas ) of the Middle East , and in salt pans , estuaries , and lagoons around the Gulf of Suez . Ancient evaporates occur widely in the Phanerozoic geologic record ...
Page 263
... basin model ac- counts for replenishment of the basin across the barrier or sill , with slow , continual buildup of thick evaporites made possible by the seaward escape of brine that allows a con- stant brine concentration to be ...
... basin model ac- counts for replenishment of the basin across the barrier or sill , with slow , continual buildup of thick evaporites made possible by the seaward escape of brine that allows a con- stant brine concentration to be ...
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... Basin , to the north of it , and the Indiana and Illinois basins , to the south . The last - named basins , also called the Eastern and West- ern Interior fields , are separated from each other but kept close to the surface by the La ...
... Basin , to the north of it , and the Indiana and Illinois basins , to the south . The last - named basins , also called the Eastern and West- ern Interior fields , are separated from each other but kept close to the surface by the La ...
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