| Author List |
| Preface |
| 1 Marginal Marine Halite: Sabkhas and SalinasC.R. Handford |
| Fundamental Controls on Marine Halite Precipitation |
| Halite Crystallography and Crystal Growth |
| Deposition and Early Diagenesis of Marginal Marine Halite |
| Marginal-Marine Halite Depositional Settings - Salinas: Modern and Ancient |
| Marginal-Marine Halite Depositional Settings - Sabkhas: Modern and Ancient |
| 2 Sulphate Dominated Sea-Marginal and Platform Evaporative Settings: Sabkhas and salinas, mudflats and salternsJ.K. Warren |
| Sea-Marginal Sabkha Model: Arabian (Persian) Gulf Example |
| Other Sea-Marginal Sabkhas |
| Modern Sea-Marginal Salina Models |
| Holocene Salina Evaporites |
| Modern Salina Dolomite Model - Cooroong, South Australia |
| Brine Reflux Dolomitization |
| Ancient Platform Evaporites |
| Ancient Evaporite Basins - Depositional Models |
| Platform Evaporites - Depositional Setting |
| Sabkahs and Evaporitic Mudflats |
| Ancient Salterns |
| Comparisons of Sabkhas and Salinas |
| Diagenesis of Sulfate-Dominated Evaporites |
| Evaporite Diagenesis - the Importance of Hydrology |
| 3 Depositional Environments of Non-Marine EvaporitesJ.P. Smoot and T.K. Lowenstein |
| Modern Non-Marine Evaporites |
| Depositional Subenvironments of Non-Marine Evaporites |
| Lacustrine Deposits |
| Fluvial Deposits |
| Other Deposits |
| Diagenesis |
| Distribution of Subenvironments |
| Recognition of Ancient Non-Marine Deposits |
| Economic Aspects |
| 4 Petroleum and EvaporitesR.J. Hite and D.E. Anders |
| Production of Organic Matter in Evaporite Environments |
| The Spatiotemporal Relationships of Petroleum and Evaporites |
| Evaporites as Source Rocks of Petroleum |
| Evaporite Oils |
| Paleoproductivity and Preservation of Organic Matter in the Evaporite Environment |
| Mobile Petroleum Systems |
| Vitrinite Reflectance Suppression |
| Evaporites and Reservoirs |
| 5 Halokinesis, Cap Rock Developments, and Salt Dome Mineral ResourcesJ.R. Kyle and H.H. Posey |
| Geological setting of Major Salt Dome Provinces |
| The Mechanics of Diapirism |
| Cap Rock Formation |
| Salt Dome Mineral Resources |
| General Model for Diapiric Halokinesis, Cap Rock Development, and Mineralization |
| 6 Evaporites, Evaporitic Process and Mineral ResourcesJ.R. Kyle |
| Evaporites as Mineral Resources |
| Evaporites and the Origin of Ore-forming Solutions |
| Evaporite Alteration to Precipitate Valuable Commodities |
| Evaporite Solution to Create Ore-hosting Porosity |
| Evaporation as a Hydrologic Agent in Ore Formation |
| Index |
