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- noun Plural form of
evaporite .
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Shallow seas covered the pre-Honduras piece of land during the Cretaceous up until about 90 million years ago, very conveniently depositing evaporites like gypsum and limestone.
Honduran History: The Untold Story Gail 2009
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Shallow seas covered the pre-Honduras piece of land during the Cretaceous up until about 90 million years ago, very conveniently depositing evaporites like gypsum and limestone.
Archive 2009-03-01 Gail 2009
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Mineralogically, these oil shales are marls or argillaceous limestones, which may be associated with volcanic tuffs and evaporites.
The Democratic Party's email attacking Jerome Corsi (author of the #1 selling anti-Obama book). Ann Althouse 2008
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Sodium carbonate is soluble in water, but can occur naturally in arid regions, especially in the mineral deposits (evaporites) formed when seasonal lakes evaporate.
Find Me A Cure 2009
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