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playaor pan or flat or dry lakeFlat-bottomed depression that is periodically covered by water. Playas occur in interior desert basins and adjacent to coasts in arid and semiarid regions. The water that periodically covers the playa slowly filters into the groundwater system or evaporates into the atmosphere, causing the deposition of salt, sand, and mud along the bottom and around the edges of the depression. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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1974, Genesis of evaporite-associated stratiform metalliferous deposits--a sabkha process: Economic Geology, v. The Holbrook Basin is located in east-central Arizona and contains Paleozoic rocks including sabkha deposits of Permian age. |
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