A comprehensive review of giant salt basins, salt tectonic events, and their global implications
Salt is formed when water rich in evaporite minerals accumulates on the Earth's surface and then evaporates. Over time, pressure and tectonics change the structure and shape of salt layers. Recent technological advances have improved the interpretation and modeling of subsurface salt structures.
Salt in the Earth Sciences: Basin Analysis and Salt Tectonics presents a global overview of giant salt basins formed under diverse tectonic settings, connecting salt deposition with tectonic events, climate change, and more. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals.
Salt is formed when water rich in evaporite minerals accumulates on the Earth's surface and then evaporates. Over time, pressure and tectonics change the structure and shape of salt layers. Recent technological advances have improved the interpretation and modeling of subsurface salt structures.
Salt in the Earth Sciences: Basin Analysis and Salt Tectonics presents a global overview of giant salt basins formed under diverse tectonic settings, connecting salt deposition with tectonic events, climate change, and more. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals.
Table of Contents
Salt in the Earth Sciences: Basin Analysis and Salt Tectonics
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I Analysis of Giant Salt Basins
1. The Red Sea Miocene Evaporite Basin
2. The North Central European Permian Salt Basins
3. The South Atlantic Late Aptian Evaporites
4. The Gulf of Mexico Jurassic Salt Basin
5. The Mediterranean Miocene Evaporites
Part II Salt Tectonics and Global Implications
6. Retrospective of Salt Tectonics Models
7. Salt Tectonics in Divergent, Convergent, and Transcurrent Settings
8. Shale Tectonics, Magmatism, and Salt Dissolution in Sedimentary Basins
9. Salt Deposition and Plate Tectonics, Extreme Environments, and Astrogeology
