Evaporites:Sediments, Resources and Hydrocarbons

accumulating adjacent allochthon ancient anhydrite aquifer aragonite areas atop Australia basin basinwide evaporite breccia brine burial calcite capillary carbonate carnallite cave cements characterised clasts coastal continental created crusts crystals Dead Sea deep deformation deposition depression depth diagenetic diapir dissolution dissolved dolomite dominated drawdown dunes edge eolian evaporation evaporite facies fault Figure flow fluid Formation fractures groundwater Gulf gypsum halite halokinetic Holocene hydrology hypersaline indicate isotopic karst lacustrine lagoon Lake Eyre laminated laminites layers limestone lower marine marine-fed matrix meteoric metres minerals Miocene mudflat mudstone Neoproterozoic nodules occur ocean overburden perennial Permian phreatic platform playa Pleistocene pore waters precipitation reef reflux region rock sabkha Salar saline saline lake saline pan salt bed salt sheet saltern sand sealevel seawater sedimentary sediments seepage sequence shale shallow siliciclastic solution stromatolites structures subaqueous subsurface sulphate sulphur surface tectonic temperature textures thick trona typically upper vadose water table Zechstein zone