Astonished scientists conducted a drilling program, and a decade later confirmed that the layers of salts and other evaporites could mean only one thing: at some point the Mediterranean Sea had dried out.
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Evaporite
/ɪˈvæp.əˌɹaɪt/
Synonyms for "evaporite" (6 found)
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Noun(2 words)
evaporite constituentsevaporite minerals
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Noun(1 words)
evaporite rock
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Noun(3 words)
rock saltsalt mineralssalt rock
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6 entriesevaporite basinevaporite bedsevaporite depositevaporite formationevaporite mineralsevaporitic sediment
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