Sediments are buried, pressure increases, volume of sediment decreases, sandstone compresses, saline solution becomes evaporated, and then forms an evaporite.
What is an evaporite?
An evaporite can be defined as a mineral deposit containing saline substances that are produced due to the evaporation of a water body.
In this context, the sequence of events in the formation of an evaporite are listed as follows:
- Sediments are buried.
- Increase pressure pushes the grains closer together.
- Decrease in the volume of sediment, which cause fluids between the grains to be squeezed out.
- Sandstone are left tightly compressed together.
- The saline solution becomes evaporated, and then the ions contained in the water precipitates, forming an evaporite.
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