Table of Contents:
  • Geological setting and petrography of evaporites and basaltic rocks in the Werra mining district, Germany
  • Exposures and sampling
  • Sample preparation and analytical methods
  • Composition of the basaltic rocks
  • Isotope determinations
  • K-Ar age determinations on the basaltic rocks
  • Model calculations of the spatial and temporal temperature distribution at the basalt-rock salt contact after intrusion of the basaltic melts
  • Conclusions
  • Suggestions for further studies