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ASM 5

Salt

Salt


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Flashcards 28
Language English
Category Nature Studies
Level University
Created / Updated 11.01.2013 / 11.01.2013
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two types of shallow sea evaportie formation

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two main controls on large scale evaporites

atmosphere circulation

tectonics (eg. south americal and africa, cretaceous)

modern day evaporite examples

aral sea

death valley

3 key points of salt rehology

2 extra properties

weakness

ductility

incompressibility

 

impermeable

conductive

velocity in salt

4400m/s

what pressure does salt become ductile

2200kg/m3

three types of loading that can drive salt flow

gravitiational loading (hydraulic head)

displacement loading

thermal loading

reactive piercement

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