This study focuses on the respective role of (1) occurrence and nature evaporitic layers (2) fluid pressure conditions decollement processes structure foreland fold thrust belt Western Alps. The in Jura Mountains is predominantly localized halite-bearing layers. Anhydrite-bearing units which are not associated to halite hosting major decollement. shift level between Mid-Triassic unit Upper Tria...

Recent studies claiming to revive ancient microorganisms trapped in fluid inclusions in halite have warranted an investigation of long-term microbial persistence. While starvation-survival is widely reported for bacteria, it is less well known for halophilic archaea-microorganisms likely to be trapped in ancient salt crystals. To better understand microbial survival in fluid inclusions in ancie...

The term “karst” applies to a distinctive type of landscape that develops from the dissolving action of water on soluble bedrock (Figure 11.1)—primarily limestone and marble but also dolostone, gypsum and halite. Karst landscapes are characterized by fluted and pitted rock surfaces, shafts, sinkholes, sinking streams, springs, subsurface drainage systems, and caves. The unique features and thre...

Abstract Dissolution of karst rocks (evaporites and carbonates) can cause significant mechanical weakening, but its preparatory role for landslide development has been scarcely explored. Fluvial valleys carved in gypsum bedrock typically display prominent escarpments with numerous landslides perched indicative rapid retreat rate. The stratigraphic cartographic analysis the 37-km-long Remolinos ...

koenenite=[mg7ai4(oh)22]4+.[na4(ca,mg)2ci12]4- , is a typical non-silicate clay mineral of oceanic salt deposits which also widely occurs in salt clay, anhydrite, halite, and potash-bearing rocks. koenenite is found as an undesirable sludge-forming component in the processing of potassium salts . koenenite was first reported, in 1902, as an impurity in a fairly pure halite from the justus! pota...