BASAL/BASAL II – material-structural investigations of the genesis and distribution of flat-bedded rock salt
Comparison of rock salt horizons altered by salt diapirism (left, Staßfurt-Hauptsalt, Gorleben salt dome) and predominantly flat-bedded rock salt horizons (right, rock salt from the Staßfurt Formation, Teutschenthal). Transmitted light photographs of polished core samples. Height of the cores approx. 1 m.
Source: BGR