Evaporite drip stones at the Dead Sea
by Djamil Al-Halbouni, GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany
In the former lake-bed of the Dead Sea evaporite drip stones form in arid conditions. This freshly formed sample consists of Aragonite, a meta-stable crystal form of calcium carbonate.
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- Asia (1070)
- Western Asia (307)
- Jordan (53)
- Exact location (35.5357 E, 31.3230 N)
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Taken on 25
June
2015
Submitted on 3 February 2017
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Djamil Al-Halbouni (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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