Salt Deposits Their Origin and Composition

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Braitsch, O.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1971, 1971
Edition:1st ed. 1971
Series:Minerals, Rocks and Mountains
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • A. Introduction
  • 1. Outline of the Theme and Statement of the Problem
  • 2. On the History of Seawater
  • 3. The Zechstein Salt Succession
  • 4. The Minerals of Salt Deposits
  • B. The Stability Conditions of Salt Minerals
  • The Graphic Presentation of Solubility Data
  • C. Physico-chemical Models
  • I. Primary Precipitation
  • II. Thermal Metamorphism
  • III. Solution Metamorphism
  • IV. Dynamic Metamorphism
  • V. The Behaviour of Minor Components
  • D. Natural Salt Sequences and Physico-chemical Models
  • I. The Main Components
  • II. Minor Components
  • E. Other Components of Salt Deposits
  • 1. Boron
  • 2. Iron
  • 3. Salt Clays and Insoluble Residues
  • F. Geological Conclusions and Problems
  • 1. Normal and Altered Seawater
  • 2. Rhythmic Bedding and Influxes
  • 3. Temperature of Primary Precipitation
  • 4. Redox Potential and Hydrogen Ion Concentrations
  • 5. The Origin of the Metamorphic Solutions
  • G. Review
  • References
  • Author and Subject Index