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The 39 pages that link to Evaporite, each with the reason it gives.

• Sodium chlorideNarrower topic: Many thick halite deposits formed as ancient seas or lakes evaporated.

• Sedimentary rockBroader topic: It forms when evaporation concentrates dissolved salts until they crystallize.

• Endorheic basinRelated: Evaporation leaves mineral deposits in closed basins as their water recedes.

• BrineRelated: Evaporating brines can leave behind halite and other evaporite minerals.

• GypsumNarrower topic: Gypsum is a common mineral in evaporite deposits.

• Potassium chlorideNarrower topic: KCl deposits form late in the evaporation of mineral-rich seawater or lake water.

• HaliteNarrower topic: Halite commonly forms as an evaporite in drying saline waters.

• PotashNarrower topic: Many potash ores formed in ancient evaporating seas and restricted basins.

• Hydrothermal mineral depositCompared with: Evaporation concentrates dissolved minerals, a different mechanism from hot-fluid circulation through rock.

• Messinian salinity crisisNarrower topic: The crisis produced unusually thick evaporite deposits across the basin.

• BromideRelated: Evaporite basins can preserve bromide-bearing brines and salts.

• BoraxNarrower topic: Borax deposits form in arid basins through evaporation of borate-rich waters.

• Calcium chlorideNarrower topic: Calcium chloride can occur in saline deposits and ancient evaporite-related brines.

• Salt tectonicsNarrower topic: Salt tectonics is one expression of the broader structural behavior of evaporite layers.

• Bonneville Salt FlatsRelated: Evaporation concentrates salts at the surface of the basin.

• Lithium brineRelated: Evaporite minerals record the concentration processes shaping many brine basins.

• Salt domeNarrower topic: Salt domes commonly begin in thick evaporite deposits.

• Mineral precipitationBroader topic: Evaporites are a major geological product of mineral precipitation from shrinking water bodies.

• Salar de UyuniNarrower topic: The salar’s crust is an extensive evaporite deposit, dominated by halite.

• Salt miningNarrower topic: Rock salt is an evaporite formed by ancient water evaporation.

• SylviteNarrower topic: Sylvite belongs to deposits produced by water evaporation.

• AnhydriteNarrower topic: Anhydrite commonly precipitates in the evaporite sequences where it is found.

• Carbonate rockCompared with: Evaporites form through concentration of brines rather than carbonate accumulation or precipitation.

• Sodium sulfateNarrower topic: Natural sodium sulfate deposits form in evaporative settings.

• Sulfate mineralRelated: Evaporation concentrates dissolved sulfate ions until sulfate minerals can crystallize.

• ZechsteinNarrower topic: Evaporite formation explains the Zechstein’s abundant halite, anhydrite, and related minerals.

• Borate mineralRelated: Evaporation concentrates boron and other ions that can form borate minerals.

• CarnalliteNarrower topic: Carnallite forms late in the evaporation of concentrated brines.

• Potash miningNarrower topic: Most major potash deposits formed as ancient evaporites in restricted marine basins.

• KerniteNarrower topic: Kernite crystallizes in evaporite settings as concentrated brines precipitate borates.

• UlexiteNarrower topic: Ulexite commonly forms in arid-basin deposits shaped by evaporation.

• Halide mineralBroader topic: Evaporites contain many abundant chloride minerals.

• Salt flatNarrower topic: Salt flats are surface expressions of evaporite accumulation in closed basins.

• Chott el DjeridRelated: Evaporation concentrates salts in the lake and leaves mineral deposits across its dry surface.

• KainiteNarrower topic: Kainite is one of the soluble minerals that can precipitate in evaporite deposits.

• BaryteNarrower topic: Some baryte deposits form in sedimentary basins alongside evaporite sequences.

• Campos BasinRelated: Aptian evaporites form the thick seal above important deep reservoirs.

• Clastic rockCompared with: Evaporites crystallize from solution instead of being assembled from clasts.

• Dry lakeBroader topic: Repeated evaporation can leave salt minerals across the basin floor.