http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2012/03/17/wooster-geologists-in-an-extraordinary-world-of-salt/ A World to Explore Mon, 13 May 2013 21:14:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2012/03/17/wooster-geologists-in-an-extraordinary-world-of-salt/comment-page-1/#comment-20706 Evaporites and the Environments in Which They Form (April 2 & 4) | Sedimentology & Stratigraphy at Wooster Sun, 31 Mar 2013 01:17:21 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=5758#comment-20706 [...] place for geology, ecology, economics and politics, as you can see in this short video and this recent visit by Melissa Torma and me. Did you know that during the Miocene the Mediterranean Sea became a vast [...]

]]> http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2012/03/17/wooster-geologists-in-an-extraordinary-world-of-salt/comment-page-1/#comment-9048 Coastal Dead Sea Views from the Israeli Side | Jordan and Jerusalem: A Hales Group Expedition Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:46:50 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=5758#comment-9048 [...] interesting effect for us as geologists is the extensive exposure of salt deposits from the evaporating Dead Sea waters. Thick sheets of sodium chloride (halite) cover the shore in [...]

]]> http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2012/03/17/wooster-geologists-in-an-extraordinary-world-of-salt/comment-page-1/#comment-7893 Evaporites and the environments in which they form (April 3 & 5) | Sedimentology & Stratigraphy at Wooster Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:48:55 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=5758#comment-7893 [...] place for geology, ecology, economics and politics, as you can see in this short video and this recent visit by Melissa Torma and me. Did you know that during the Miocene the Mediterranean Sea became a vast [...]

]]> http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2012/03/17/wooster-geologists-in-an-extraordinary-world-of-salt/comment-page-1/#comment-7843 AGU Blogosphere - Mountain Beltway - Hanksite and other wonders of Searles Lake Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:00:12 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=5758#comment-7843 [...] close, you can see the characteristic 120° angles at which these fractures meet, as well as the “teepee” structures that can form due to subsequent [...]

]]> http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2012/03/17/wooster-geologists-in-an-extraordinary-world-of-salt/comment-page-1/#comment-7551 Stuff we linked to on Twitter last week | Highly Allochthonous Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:56:55 +0000 http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/?p=5758#comment-7551 [...] Some amazing photos from the shores of the Dead Sea: examples of tectonic & sedimentary processes involving halite. http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2012/03/17/wooster-geologists-in-an-extraordinary-wor… [...]

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