Death Valley, USA

Figure 16 (a) Location of Death Valley, USA (-h) dilute Na-HC03-S04 waters ( ) CI-SO4 waters typical of... 

Corsetti F.A., Awramik S.M., Pierce D. (2003) A complex microbiota from snowball Earth times Microfossils from the Neoproterozoic Kingston Peak Formation, Death Valley, USA. Proc. Natl Acad. Set. USA 100, 4399-404. 

Salt deposits or evaporites precipitate from evaporating seawater that becomes trapped in semi-isolated marine basins. Salty desert lakes, such as Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA, or those in Death Valley, California, USA, are also sites of evaporite deposition. Common salt minerals include halite (NaCl), sylvite (KC1),... 

Yang W., Spencer R. J., and Krouse H. R. (1997) Stable isotope composition of waters and sulfate species therein, Death Valley, CaUfomia, USA impUcations for inflow and sulfate sources, and arid basin cUmate. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 147, 69-82. 

Roberts, S. M., R. J. Spencer, W. Yang H. R. Krouse, 1997. Deciphering some unique paleotemperature indicators in halite-bearing saline lake deposits from Death Valley, California, USA. J. Paleolim. 17 101-130. 

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