Geomorphological Evidence of Plausible Water Activity and Evaporitic Deposition in Interdune Areas of the Gypsum-rich Olympia Undae Dune Field
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DEPOSITION IN INTERDUNE AREAS OF THE GYPSUM-RICH OLYMPIA UNDAE DUNE FIELD. A. Szynkiewicz, R.C. Ewing, K.E. Fishbaugh, M.C. Bourke, D. Bustos and L.M. Pratt, Indiana University Department of Geological Sciences, 1001 East 10 Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-1405, [email protected]; Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712; Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, CEPS, P.O.Box 37012 MRC 315, Washington, DC20013; PSI, Tuscon, AZ85712; White Sands National Monument, P.O. Box 1086, Holloman Air Force Base, NM 88330.
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