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Evaporites - Coggle Diagram

- - - - brine is highly saline seawater
      - saturated by solar evaporation
      - high temp, arid conditions
      - crystallisation precipitation
  - - - in rock pore space
- - - - physical closure by tectonics
      - topographic high
      - periods of low sea level
  - - - no other organisms can survive in these highly saline conditions
- - - - sea evaporated
      - once opened again, basin recharge
      - deposit of salt created each time