The tectonics of salt
When the Earth's crust is pulled apart in a rift zone, salt basins can form, creating large rock-salt formations, that later play an important role in the local tectonics. In a new study scientists explored how salt basins develop and interplay with continental rifting using 2D numerical models. In these animations the salt formations are the thin red/purple layers at the surface.
Source:
Late-Syn- to Post-Rift Salt Tectonics on Wide Rifted Margins—Insights From Geodynamic Modeling
Leonardo M. Pichel, Ritske S. Huismans, Robert Gawthorpe, Jan Inge Faleide, Thomas Theunissen, [2022] Tectonics
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