weight of the overlying sediment, giant blebs of the salt have bubbled upward and spread out toward the open sea.
buried salt bodies of various sizes and shapes. This salt formed initially by the evaporation of Gulf of Mexico waters (some 180 mya). The salt layer was then buried by a massive load of sediment eroded from the Rocky Mountains and carried into the gulf b
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