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Definition of Evaporite
1. Noun. The sediment that is left after the evaporation of seawater.
Definition of Evaporite
1. Noun. The salty, crusty, sediment that remains after sea water evaporates. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Evaporite
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Evaporite
Literary usage of Evaporite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective by Ibrahim Abed, Peter Hellyer (2001)
"... GL 'Carbonate-evaporite sequences of the Late Jurassic, southern and south-western
Arabian Gulf", American Association Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, ..."
2. Managing Water for Peace in the Middle East; Alternative Strategies by Masahiro Murakami (1995)
"The thick evaporite series of Late Miocene (?) to Pliocene age in the Dead Sea
area may demonstrate the gradual decrease and termination of marine ..."
3. The Geological Record Of Ecological Dynamics: Understanding The Biotic by National Academies Press (U.S.) (2005)
"... heavy metals Human disturbance and toxins evaporite minerals Evaporation rates
Authigenic minerals such as Productivity phosphorites and ..."