The salt that wasn't there: mudflat facies equivalents to halite of the permian rustler formation, southeastern new mexico

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-36

  Powers, Dennis W ^a   Holt, Robert M ^b  

^a HC 12 Box 87   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; PILOT PLANTS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUBSIDENCE;

BURIAL DISSOLUTION; DELAWARE BASIN; DEPOSITIONAL MODELS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; LATE PERMIAN; SOIL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSMISSIVITY; WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANTS;

CHLORIDE MINERALS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HALITE; MUDFLAT; PERMIAN; SUBSIDENCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 12944271971     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/2DC408FB-0E47-11D7-8643000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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