Halite is a type of evaporite that can be processed into refined salt for food processing, and
used as an important raw material in the chemical industry. However, our understanding of …

Chemical deposits inside evaporite (gypsum, anhydrite and halite) caves are far less
common than those developed within limestone or volcanic cavities. Moreover they exhibit a …

Large regions of Earth's surface are underlain by salt deposits that evaporated from ancient
oceans and are populated by extreme halophilic microbes. Some of these halophiles may …

Over the past 15 years several expeditions by French, American and especially Italian
cavers have unveiled over 50 caves in the Cordillera de la Sal (Atacama Desert, Northern …

Salt caves occur mostly in hyperarid and arid climates and are typically a few thousand
years old. There is little data on the evolution of salt caves in semiarid climates, and no data …

The aim of this study was to investigate the causes of the evolution of atmospheric dust
composition in an open-to-public subterranean site (UNESCO-recognized historic mine) at …

A new locality of coarse-grained cryogenic cave carbonates has been found in the Za
Hájovnou Cave in Javoříčko Karst in Central Moravia, Czech Republic. Crystals and crystal …

Chemical sediments, such as bedded halite (NaCl), are strongly influenced by
environmental conditions during deposition and, if unaltered, may preserve microorganisms …

Evaporite karst is intensively developing at the Dead Sea (DS), both along its western and
eastern shores. The collapse of overlying sediments into evaporite karst cavities results in …

This study documents the occurrence of efflorescent halite speleothems of stalactites,
columns, flowstones, stalagmites and popcorns beneath tepee structures in the Red Sea …