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SIXTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SALT
May 24 – 28, 1983
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

 

Foreword

INTRODUCTION

Sixth Salt Symposium:  An Introduction by B. Charlotte Schreiber

GEOLOGY, GEOPHYSICS, EVAPORITES, GEOCHEMISTRY, TECTONICS

Geology, Geophysics

Dedication to Kenneth K. Landes by L.F. Dellwig

The Problem of Distinguishing Between Primary and Secondary Features  in Evaporites by Lawrence A. Hardy, T.K. Lowenstein and R.J. Spencer

Syndepositional and Late Diagenetic Alteration of Primary Gypsum to Anhydrite by D.J. Shearman

Clay Laminations in Halites; Their Cause and Effect by P. Sonnenfeld and P.P. Hudec

Permian Evaporite Deposits of the Italian Alps (Dolomites):  The Development of Unusual and Significant Fabrics by Marc. L. Helman and B. Charlotte Schreiber

Geology of the Wucheng Trona Deposit in Henan, China by Zhang Youxun

Geology of the Owens Lake Evaporite Deposit by Sidney S. Alderman, Jr.

The Geology of Denison-Potacan’s New Brunswick Potash Deposit by D.C.E. Waugh and B.R. Urquhart

Windsor Group Salt and Potash in Nova Scotia, Canada by Robert C. Boehner

Stratigraphic Comparison of the Mississippian Potash Deposits in  New Brunswick, Canada by Brian V. Roulston and David C.E. Waugh

All Evaporite Salt Deposits are the Same.  Or Are They? by Nordau R. Goodman

The Mississippian Salt Deposit at Malagash, Nova Scotia – An Epitaph  by Robert Evans

World Reserves of Mineable Potash Salts Based on Structural Analysis by Heimo Mayrhofer

Evaporites

On the Significance of Evaporite Lamination by John K. Warren

Facies Associated with Primary Gypsum Nodules of Northern Egyptian Sabkhas by Ian West, Yehia A. Ali and M. Ezzeldin Hilmy

Borate Minerals in Salt Lake Deposits at Chaidamu Basin, China by Zian Ziqiang and Xuan Zhiqian

Characteristics of Salt Deposits in the Dry Salt Lake and the Formation of Potash Beds by Yuan Jianqi, Huo Chengyu and Cai Kequin

Nutrients and Ecology of the Western Salt and Exportadora de Sal Saltern Brines by Barbara J. Javor

Biological Systems in Northwestern Australian Salt Fields by Nathan Sammy

Geochemistry

The Sulfate Problem in Marine Evaporites by Robert J. Hite

The Role of Pore Fluids in Evaporite Basins by Ronald J. Spencer

Studies of Fluid Inclusions in Halite and Euhedral Quartz Crystals from Salt Domes in the Danish-Norwegian Basin by J. Fabricius

Polyhalite Replacement After Gypsum at Ojo de Liebre Lagoon (Baja, California, Mexico): An Early Diagensis by Mixing of Marine Brines And Continental Waters by Catherine Pierre

Trioctahedral Clay Mineral Assemblages in Paleozoic Marine Evaporite Rocks by Marc W. Bodine, Jr.

Chemistry and Origin of the Chilean Nitrate Deposits by Donald E. Garrett

Tectonics

Geological Predictions of the Mining Feasibility within the Salt Domes at Upper Permian Zechstein, Central Poland by Jozef Poborski and Kazimierz Slizowski

Gypsum-Anhydrite Caps of Arctic Salt Domes, Queen Elizabeth Islands:  Products of Active and Passive Diapirism by W.M. Schwerdtner

Fibre Textures in Extruded Salt by W.Skrotzki and P. Welch

New Methods in Textural an Fabric Analyses of Rock Salt Related to Mechanical  Test Data, Tostrup Salt Dome, Denmark by Jorgen Gutzon Larsen

Structural Characteristics of a Deep-Seated Dissolution-Subsidence Chimney  in Bedded Salt by Peter B. Davies

A Mechanism for Sinkhole Development Above Brine Cavities in the Windsor-Detroit Area by Alberto S. Nieto, Daniel Stump and David G. Russell

ROCK MECHANICS AND DRY MINING

Rock Mechanics

Dedication to C.A. Baar by Robert Evans

Thermomechanical Modeling and Salt Mining by H.Y. Tammemagi, A.F. Fossum and P.E. Senseny

Laboratory and Theoretical Studies Relative to the Design of Salt Caverns for the Storage of Natural Gas by H.R. Hardy, Jr., C.R. Chabannes and M. Mrugala 

Creep Tests on Rock Salt with Changing Load as a Basis for the Verification of Theoretical Material Laws by K.H. Lux and S. Heusermann 

An In Situ Creep Experiment Using a Large Rock Salt Pillar by U. Hunsche, I. Plischke, H.-K. Nipp and H. Albrecht

Creep Rupture Criteria for Rock Salt by R.B. Rokahr and K. Staudtmeiser

Evaluation of Rock Salt Pillar Stability Utilizing Numerical Calculations,  Mine Survey and In Situ Mechanics by K. Durr, V. Graefe, L. Liedtke and D. Meister

Constitutive Behavior of Salina Salt from the Cleveland Mine by Analytical Solution of Some Bischofite Creep Problems by K.D. Mellegard, T.W. Pfeifle and P.E. Sensey

Analytical Solutions of Some Cavity Creep Problems in Layered Salt Formations by H.A.M. van Eekelen 

Results in Rock Mechanical Investigations for Establishing Storage Caverns in Salt Formations by Wolfgang Menzel and Wolfgang Schreiner

Characterization of Salt Domes for Storage and Waste Disposal by Robert M. White and Charles A. Spiers

Geologic and Engineering Characterizations of Gulf Region Salt Domes Applied to Underground Storage and Mining by Peter C. Kelsall and Jeffrey W. Nelson

Analysis of a Cavern Near the Flank of a Salt Dome by R.M. Gehle and R.L. Thoms

A Numerical Analysis of the Mechanics of Gas Outbursts in Salt by M.A. Mahtab, B. Trent and T.M. Yegulalp

Geotechnical Considerations for Design of a Nuclear Repository in  Bedded Salt in the U.S. by F. Djahanguiri and S.C. Matthews

Borehole Radar Probes in Salt Domes by E. Mundry, R. Thierbach, F. Sender and H Weichart

Dry Mining

Sinking of a New Shaft and Watertight Relining of an Old Shaft at the Heilbronn Rock Salt Mine by Wilhelm Wegener

Current Design and Maintenance Practice in Salt Mine Shafts by D.E. Hart

Overcutting at Roof Level at the Winsford Rock Salt Mines by James H. Newman and Dennis H. Scotney

Computer Modeling of Underground Mine Production Systems by William J. Douglas

SOLUTION MINING, CAVERN DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION 

Solution Mining, Cavern Development and Utilization

Dedication to Horace W. Diamond 

Dedication to J.F. (Tup) Gilbert 

The Solution Mining Research Institute – An Update by Horace W. Diamond, Jr.

An Axisymmetric Method for Analyzing Cavity Arrays by F. Joseph Fischer

Borehole Tests to Predict Cavern Performance by R.L. Thoms and R.M. Gehle

Underground Storages at Tersanne and Etres:  Prediction and Simulation of Cavity Leaching in a Salt Layer Charged with Insoluble Materials by Eric Pernette and Michel Dussaud

Finite Element Analysis of Salt Caverns Employed in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve by Dale S. Preece and Jerry T. Foley

Determination of the Change in Shape and Volume of Salt Cavities During Storage Operation by Erich Wierczeyko

Modeling of Multi-Component Salt Solution Mining by H.K. Scheepstra, W.D.E. Steenge and B.B. Quist

Utilization of Leaching Models in the Design of Large Crude Oil Storage Cavities by Ahmad Saberian

Technical Development of Solution Mining in Thinly Bedded Rock Salt Deposits of Ziliujing, Sichuan, China by Lin Yuanxiong and Nie Chengxun

Solution Mining Calculations for SPR Caverns by Anthony J. Russo

The Characterization of Mechanical Integrity for Cased Boreholes Entering Solution Caverns by Neal E. Van Fossan

Surveys for Detection and Measurement of Subsidence – Why, What and How by Thomas B. Piper

Closure and Collapse of Man-Made Cavities in Salt by G.K. Coates, C.A. Lee, W.C. McClain and P.E. Senseny

Salt Dome Plumes and Dissolution Features:  Are They Related? by Martin L. Wouch and Joseph D. Martinez

Energy Storage in Salt by James D. Gustin

Storage of Natural Gas in Salt Caverns by J.A. Istvan and C.W.Querio 

Cavity in Utilization in the Netherlands by Th. Hnas Wassmann

Underground Storage of Natural Gas in West Germany by Hans-G. Haddenhorst and Peter Quast

High Integrity Isolation of Industrial Waste in Salt by Louis S. Karably, Jr.

Disposal of Medium-and-Low-Level Radioactive Waste (MLW/LLW) in Leached Caverns by P. Quast and M.W. Schmidt

Energy Programs-A Contribution to Salt Dome Knowledge by Joseph Didier Martinez

Who Owns the Hole When the Salt Is Gone? Storage Rights in Solution-Mined Cavities by Michael Cavanaugh and LeRoy Lambert III 

SOLAR EVAPORATION, EVAPORATION, SALT PROCESSING AND TECHNOLOGY, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

Solar Evaporation

Method of Correlation of Laboratory Tests with In Situ Conditions by D.Z. Mraz and M.B. Dusseault

New Dimensions for Solar Evaporation Site Analysis by H.L. Bradley and R.F. Langill

Design and Layout of Solar Salt Works by B.S. Joshi and R.B. Bhatt 

Design of Seawater Intake Facilities for Solar Salt Plants by M.G. Venkatesh Mannar

Computer Model for the Area and Performance of Solar Ponds by Martin E. Laborde

Software for Saltworks’ Yearly Production Cycle by Gerard Boudet, Paul-Andre Capdequi and Pierre Marchand

A New Technique of Plastic Film Covering of Solar Salt Production in the Rainy Region by Liu Dewan, Cai Minsheng, Wang Shihong and Wu Xihai

Utilization of Subsoil Brines: Potentialities and Problems by G.D. Bhat, R.B. Bhatt, U.P. Saraiya and M.M. Taquikhan 

Production of Bischofite from Leaching Effluent by Solar Evaporation by D.C. Haag and E.R. Poulsen

Study of the Phase Chemistry of the Salar de Atacama Brines by Luis Vergara-Edwards and Nancy Parada-Frederick

Solar Pond Design for the Production of Potassium Salts from the Salar de Atacama Brines by Fernando Ide, Luis Vergara-Edwards and Pedro Pavlovic-Zuvic

Recovery of Potassium Chloride, Potassium Sulfate and Boric Acid from the Salar de Atacama Brines by Pedro Pavlovic-Zuvic, Nancy Parada-Frederick and Luis Vergara-Edwards

New Uses of Solar Energy by M. Rockandel and Abraham Sadan

Solar Salt Production at Exportadora de Sal by Juan I. Bremer G.

Determination of Brine Evaporation Rates in Solar Ponds as a Function of Magnesium Chloride Concentration by Martin E. Laborde

Recovery of Crystalline Magnesium Chloride-Hexahydrate by Solar Evaporation of Sea Bitterns by M.H. Jadhav

Salting Out Process for Lithium Recovery by Donald E. Garrett and Martin Laborde

Salt Gradient Solar Ponds: Research Progress in Ohio and Future Prospects by R. Peter Fynn and Ted H. Short

Evaporation, Salt Processing and Technology

Compression Evaporators by John A. Karoly and Tim J. Rittoff

Saltworks Engineering by E.W. Kratz and E. Schmoll

Optimization of the Fuel Consumption of an Evaporation Salt Plant with the Aid of the Exergy Concept by P. Jongema

Energy Savings in Salt Manufacture by Ion Exchange Membrane Electrodialysis by Hideo Kawate, Katsuhiko Miyaso and Mitsuhiko Takiguchi

Energy Conservation Salt Evaporators by Frank Bella, Jr.

Production of Vacuum Salt Based on Seawater as Raw Material by H. Bauschlicher and W. Wohlk

Concentration of Seawater by New Electrodialysis Process by T. Kawahara, K. Suzuki and K. Asada

Factors for Optimum Brine Treatment Process Design by Harshad M. Patel

Scale Prevention on Salt Manufacturing Process by Ion Exchange Membrane Method by S. Sugita

The First Salt Plant in the Middle East Using Electrodialysis and Ion Exchange Membranes by Yasutoshi Kobuchi, Yuji Terada and Yoshio Tani

Salt Industry in Japan by H. Yamanaka and M. Murakami

Production of Potassium Sulphate from Calcium Sulphate and Sylvite or Sylvinite in the Presence of Aqueous Ammoniacal Hydrazine by J.A. Fernandez Lozano and A. Wint

Separation of Magnesium Salt from Crude Mineral Salts by Electrostatic Methods – A New Concept by R. Dutta

An Improved Solar Heating Process by Donald E. Garrett

High-Temperature Molten Salts for Use in Solar Thermal Energy Systems by R.T. Coyle, R.J. Copeland, R.W. Burrows and R.M. Goggin

Occupational Safety and Health

The Salt Institute Safety and Health Committee by M. Kendall Isenor

Monitoring Procedures for Determining Components of Salt Dust and Evaluating Worker Exposure Potential by Mary C. Leonard and Steven Wheeler

Improving Mine Operations by Recognizing Employee Attitudes by Paul A. Krois and John Adkins

New Safety Training Approaches in the Salt Industry by Paul A. Krois and John Adkins

 

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS, PRESENT AND FUTURE MARKET DEMANDS

Environmental Considerations

Road Salt and the Environment by P.H. Jones and H. Hutchon

Road Salt:  Friend or Foe? by M.J.E. Sheflin

Environmentally Safe Salt – Damp Salt by Bruno Johannes Rude

Salt Removal from Pulp Mills by D.C. Pryke, D.W. Reeve, W.H. Rapson, J.A., Lukes and H.N. Tran

A New Process for Reducing the Chlorinated Effluent of a Vacuum Salt Plant by Alain Buffet and Bernard Millaire

Monitoring Ground Movements over Undisturbed Salt Domes with Precise Leveling by R.L. Thoms and R.M. Gehle

Present and Future Market Demands

Salt Products in North America and Outlook for the Future by William E. Dickinson

The Future Supply/Demand Balance of Salt – A View of the U.S. Bureau of Mines by Dennis S. Kostick

Method of Optimizing Stock Control of Rock Salt for the Fluctuation Deicing Market by Andre Caillaud and Gerard Boudet

Salt in the Diet and Consideration of its Role in Food Manufacture by Edward Druce

Portuguese Market of Food Grade Salt by A.M. Sobral and J. Sousa


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