The evolution of marine evaporitic brines in inland basins: The Jordan-Dead Sea Rift valley

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1763-1775

  Klein BenDavid, Ofra ^a   Sass, Eytan ^a   Katz, Amitai ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EVAPORITE; MARINE SEDIMENT;

ASIA; DEAD SEA RIFT; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 1842637640     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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