Abstract
Hypersaline environments are not mere scientific curiosities nor dead-ends of geochemical processes. They have been known to exist since Precambrian times, and ancient evaporites are a rich source of information concerning the development of oceanic and continental basins. A growing body of biogeo-chemical knowledge suggests that microorganisms and their products have played major roles in modifying both the precipitation and the diagenesis of chemical sediments in hypersaline environments.
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Javor, B. (1989). Introduction. In: Hypersaline Environments. Brock/Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74370-2_1
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