Talk:Evaporite

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Salt rocks also form by replacement of carbonate rocks by salts. A new theory of salt deposition is related to deep origin where supercritical water loss molecular polarity and capacity of dissolution of salts and then salt from brines are deposited by hydrothermal processes in deep water, mainly in rift systems. Salt rocks is frequently associated with volcanism.

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