Evaporites: Sediments, Resources and Hydrocarbons - Warren, John K.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006)
Interpreting evaporite texture -- Depositional chemistry and hydrology -- Sabkhas, saline mudflats and pans -- Subaqueous salts: salinas and perennial lakes -- Ancient basins and stratigraphic evolution -- Salt tectonics -- Karst, breccia, nodules and cement: Pointers to vanished evaporites -- Burial hydrology and chemistry -- Halotolerant life in feast or famine (a source of hydrocarbons and a fixer of metals) -- Oil and gas associations -- Evaporites as exploited mineral resources -- Solution mining and cavern use.
Keywords: Sedimentology; Geology; Sedimentology; Geology