EVAPORITES

Meaning of EVAPORITES in English

Sediments deposited from an aqueous (water) solution as a result of extensive or local evaporation of a solvent, such as salts in the Great Salt Lake in the western United States.

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EVAPORITES — эвапориты
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EVAPORITES — эвапориты
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DEAD SEA — noun Etymology: from the Dead sea, salt lake in Palestine, its prototype; translation of Late Latin Mare Mortuum, translation of …
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AUTOGEOSYNCLINE — “+ noun ( -s ) Etymology: aut- + geosyncline geology : an isolated basin which is relatively remote from uplifted …
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SEDIMENTARY ROCK — rock formed at or near the Earth's surface by the accumulation and lithification of sediment (detrital rock) or by the …
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SALT DOME — largely subsurface geologic structure that consists of a vertical cylinder of salt (including halite and other evaporites) 1 km (0.6 …
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SALT — in chemistry, substance produced by the reaction of an acid with a base. A salt consists of the positive ion …
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HYDROSPHERE — discontinuous layer of water at or near the Earth's surface. It includes all liquid and frozen surface waters, groundwater held …
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EVAPORITE — any of a variety of individual minerals found in the sedimentary deposit of soluble salts that results from the evaporation …
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SILURIAN PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. interval of geologic …
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SEARLES LAKE — playa in San Bernardino county, southern California, U.S., that formed part of a Pleistocene drainage network linking a number of …
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SALADO FORMATION — evaporite deposit and a major world source for potassium salts that occurs in the region of the Guadalupe Mountains of …
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PRECAMBRIAN TIME — period of time that extends from a little more than 3.9 billion years ago, which is the approximate age of …
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PERMIAN PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. last period of …
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ORDOVICIAN PERIOD — interval of geologic time from 505 to 438 million years ago. The second oldest period of the Paleozoic Era, it …
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JURASSIC PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. second of three …
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DEVONIAN PERIOD — interval of geologic time from 408 to 360 million years ago. The fourth period of the Paleozoic era, it follows …
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DEAD SEA — Salt deposits on the southwestern shore of the Dead Sea near Masada, Israel. Arabic Al-bahr Al-mayyit, Hebrew Yam Ha-melah (Salt …
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CRETACEOUS PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. third period of …
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FRIABLE — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Andy leads off up large, friable flakes, hair plastered to his head but now mercifully …
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BRIANROULSTONITE — General Information: Chemical Formula: Ca3[B5O6(OH)6](OH)Cl2·8(H2O) Composition: (Molecular Weight = 604.36 gm) Calcium 19.89 % Ca Boron 8.94 % B Hydrogen …
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BORACITE — General Information: Chemical Formula: Mg3B7O13Cl Composition: (Molecular Weight = 392.03 gm) Magnesium 18.60 % Mg Boron 19.30 % B Chlorine …
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BISCHOFITE — General Information: Chemical Formula: MgCl2·6(H2O) Composition: (Molecular Weight = 203.30 gm) Magnesium 11.96 % Mg Hydrogen 5.95 % H Chlorine …
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ЭВАПОРИТЫ — evaporites
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