Sabkha

a flat, coastal belt situated between desert dunes and a lagoon or the sea. It is a site for the formation of evaporite deposits, notably CARBONATES and sulphates. It is named after the Trucial Coast in the Persian Gulf, sabkha being the Arabic word for salt flat.

Taken from Dictionary of Science

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Sabkha is a transliteration of the Arabic word for a salt flat. Sabkhas are supratidal, forming along arid coastlines and are characterized by evaporite-carbonate deposits with some siliciclastics. Sabkhas form subareal, prograding and shoaling-upward sequences that have an average thickness of a meter or less. The accepted type locality is along the coast of the Persian Gulf in the United Arab Emirates. This article outlines research into the evolution, hydrocarbon potential, climate, and dynamic nature of these deposits.

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