Potash in salt extruded at Sar Pohl diapir, Southern Iran

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 352-366

  Talbot, C J ^a   Farhadi, R ^b   Aftabi, P ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Potash deposits; Salt diapirs; Zagros

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION PLANTS; GRAVITY-DRIVEN COLLAPSE; GROUND SURFACES; IRAN; NATURAL DEGRADATIONS; POTASSIUM SALTS; RECENT PROGRESS; ZAGROS;

EVAPORATION; LANDFORMS; MINERALS; MINING; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; ORES; POTASH DEPOSITS; SALTS; SEAWATER; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VAPORS;

POTASH;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAPIR; ORE DEPOSIT; POTASH; POTASSIUM;

ASIA; BANDAR ABBAS; EURASIA; HORMOZGAN; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; ZAGROS;

EID: 67349172749     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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