• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Salt terrains of Iran
  • Beteiligte: Waltham, Tony
  • Erschienen: Wiley, 2008
  • Erschienen in: Geology Today
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2451.2008.00686.x
  • ISSN: 0266-6979; 1365-2451
  • Schlagwörter: Paleontology ; Stratigraphy ; Earth-Surface Processes ; Geology
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p>Salt only survives at outcrop in desert climates, and southern Iran has more than its share of salt mountains created by rising diapirs. With their white salt cliffs and creeping salt glaciers, these constitute amazing landscapes with collapsing dolines that feed into spectacularly decorated caves.</jats:p>