The origin, nature and distribution of gypsum crusts in deserts
All the warm deserts of the world exhibit gypsum crusts in favourable localities, generally areas with a source of gypsum and less than 250 mm of rainfall annually. The features, comprising loose powdery or cemented crystalline accumulations of calcium sulphate dihydrate, are found at the surface or...
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University of Oxford
1983
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