The Prairie Evaporite Formation, also known as the Prairie Formation, is a geologic formation of Middle Devonian (Givetian) age that consists primarily...

most significant deposits present under the great depths of the Prairie Evaporite Formation in Saskatchewan, Canada. Canada and Russia are the countries...

conformably overlain by the Duperow Formation and disconformably overlays the Prairie Evaporite Formation or Winnipegosis Formation of the Elk Point Group. The...

(1968). "Carnallite-Sylvite Relationships in the Middle Devonian Prairie Evaporite Formation, Saskatchewan". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 79 (10):...

times of low water levels and excessive evaporation, halite and other evaporite minerals were deposited in sabkha, supratidal flat and coastal lagoon...

from below the deep seafloor of the Mediterranean Sea, which include evaporite minerals, soils, and fossil plants, show that the precursor of the Strait...

Waterways Formations, and the halite (rock salt) deposits of the Prairie Evaporite Formation. As the water travels through those formations it becomes...

the Pine Point Formation, Presqu'ile Formation and Sulphur Point Formation. It grades into the halite-rich Prairie Evaporite Formation to the southeast...

(520 m), the group is subdivided into the Mission Canyon Formation and Lodgepole Formation. Equivalents of the Madison are named the Pahasapa Limestone...

flooded then dried leaving a mixture of lacustrine sediments and gypsum evaporites. The red color derives from the oxidation of iron contained within the...

spar gypsum and halite cast evaporite deposits. The red color indicates periods of oxidation. The Quartermaster Formation forms the lower wall and canyon...

by solution mining and evaporation. The salt was part of the Prairie Evaporite Formation, which was about 61 metres (200 ft) thick and lay at a depth...

Baillie in 1953. The Saskatchewan Group is composed of carbonates with thin evaporites. The Saskatchewan Group reaches a maximum thickness of 350 metres (1,150 ft)...

Limestones may also form in evaporite depositional environments. Calcite is one of the first minerals to precipitate in marine evaporites. Most limestone is formed...

the United States. The Spindletop dome was derived from the Louann Salt evaporite layer of the Jurassic geologic period. On January 10, 1901, a well at...

dolomite, with lesser thicknesses of sandstones, siltstones, shales, and evaporites were laid down. Subsidence continued on a reduced scale into the Mississippian...

"Karst Landscapes of Illinois: Dissolving Bedrock and Collapsing Soil". Prairie Research Institute. Illinois State Geological Survey. Archived from the...

Jurassic. In Mississippi, the Smackover Limestone covered over earlier evaporite deposits. A complex stratigraphic sequence formed during the Cretaceous...

created thick evaporite deposits by Mid Pennsylvanian. This, along with eroded material from the nearby mountain range, became the Paradox Formation, itself...

Group. Although localized deposits of gypsum are present in the Starlight Evaporite Member, they lie within Jasper National Park and are protected from development...

Dolomites of the Furongian Franconia Formation in the Illinois Basin". Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute. 600. Glumac, Bosiljka;...

was restricted and seawater often evaporated completely to form thick evaporite deposits of Jurassic age. These salt deposits formed salt dome diapirs...

large quantities in salt domes in the Texas Coastal Plain and with other evaporites in the Permian Basin of West Texas, as well as near Grand Saline, Texas...

the interior probably included expansive deserts. Abundant red beds and evaporites such as halite support these conclusions, but some evidence suggests the...

dolostone, siltstone, sandstone, and shale bedrock, with pockets of evaporite gypsum and salt beds. Bedrock is rarely exposed in the region, with the...

environment prevailed in the Pennsylvanian, as sandstones, carbonates and evaporites deposited. Sea levels receded in the Permian, marked by erosion in the...

basin. Meteorite impacts have altered the natural geological formation processes. The prairies were most recently affected by glacial events in the Quaternary...

(3): 469–471. doi:10.2307/633219. JSTOR 633219. Warren, John K. (2006). Evaporites: sediments, resources and hydrocarbons. Birkhäuser. p. 289. ISBN 978-3-540-26011-0...

effectively turning it into a saltwater lake. From 13.8 to 13.36 Ma, an evaporite period similar to the later Messinian salinity crisis in the Mediterranean...

with the area were also the easiest to collect and the most profitable: evaporite deposits such as salts, borate, and talc. Borax was found by Rosie and...