The most comprehensive and in-depth study of the formation,
practical applications, history, and natural recycling of salt,
including the global and geological implications of its formative
process, natural movement, and development in the Earth's
subsurface. Like water, salt is one of the most commonplace items
in our everyday lives. From the omnipresent shaker that you see on
every table in every restaurant, to the ocean water we swim in,
salt is something that we rarely think about. But there is much
more to the story of salt than most people think. Not only is salt
a natural resource that must be captured and refined for public
consumption, but "salt domes," large deposits of salt that form
under the ground, are important for finding and drilling for
petroleum and natural gas. Salt is so important that, in ancient
times, it was sometimes used as a currency in various cultures
around the world, and it has been used as a food preservative, long
before refrigeration was invented. Salt is something we rarely
think about, but it is one of the most important natural resources
that exists. This is the first integrated study of salt's global
development in the Earth's subsurface, its tectonic history and
kinematic evolution, "live" salt-naphtide interconnections, and
their geological recycling. The Earth's salt is shown as a peculiar
umbilical thread in the analysis of numerous geological processes
of salt formation, transformation, migration, discharge and
regeneration, and their association with hydrocarbons. Presented
here is the science of salt, including the active salt bodies'
"live" in Earth's subsurface, their fate and influence over the
other geological processes, including grandiose systems of
kinetically interrelated allochthonous nappe-like and sub-vertical
bodies formed by the migrating salt. Also included are a
description of sub-conformable sheet-like salt bodies formed not by
the evaporation but by emigration of buried brine-salt masses and
their discharge at new, younger stratigraphic levels, a description
of a phenomenon of the "halo-volcanism" due to depth breakthroughs
and explosive discharges of the hydrocarbon-brine-salt masses, an
examination of the over-diapir surface and brine lakes with
fluctuating levels, and many other things. The book provides new
interpretations of numerous issues reflecting the salt "life"
manifestations and gives a key to a broad circle of the geological
enigmas, from global events like the Messinian crisis in the
Mediterranean to Biblical legends and enigmas of the Dead Sea-lake.
Whether you are a scientist or student working in the natural or
Earth sciences, a geologist, an anthropologist, a petroleum
engineer, a petrophysicist, or any other engineer or student
working in petroleum engineering, this groundbreaking work is a
must-have. Perfect for any scientist or engineer's library, this
volume can be a must-read page-turner or a valuable reference work.
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