Question

What is an evaporite and how is it formed?

Answer 1

Evaporite is name of the minerals which is in the water which are also called mineral sediments. evaporite are formed by the evaporation of water of the lake or sea. there are mainly two types of evaporite.

1) buried evaporite deposits

2) brine evaporite deposits

evaoprites formed mainly in warm climate as well as in arid climate. evaporation are depends on many factors such as pressure, temperature, seasonal climate and climatic change etc.

Answer 2

Evaporites are precipitated from solution and concentrated by evaporation.

Explanation:

• Evaporites are precipitated from solution and concentrated by evaporation.
• Sodium chloride (halite), calcium sulphates (gypsum and anhydrite) are common examples of evaporates.
• Potassium chloride(slyvite),hydrated magnesium chlorides (bischovite and epsomite) are relatively rare varieties of evaporites.
• Evaporites are  found in all geological ages,from Pre-Cambrian to the Recent,but they are possibly most common in the Permian.
• The Rain of Kutch of Western India ,the coastal sabkha of the Gulf,the Great Bitter Lake of Suez,the Death Valley of the USA and the Dead Sea are some of the well -known evaporites depositional areas of the present day