Salt saucers at Salar de Pocitos, that result from corrosion of salt polygons by rainwater.
Dates
Date Taken
1962
Summary
Salt saucers at Salar de Pocitos, that result from corrosion of salt polygons by rainwater. Note hole of salt tube at site of former salt cone and salt network in center of breached saucer. Also note salt pond in upper left of photo. Salta Province, Argentina. Circa 1962. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 811, Figure 37- A. 1974.
Summary
Salt saucers at Salar de Pocitos, that result from corrosion of salt polygons by rainwater. Note hole of salt tube at site of former salt cone and salt network in center of breached saucer. Also note salt pond in upper left of photo. Salta Province, Argentina. Circa 1962. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 811, Figure 37- A. 1974.
Click on title to download individual files attached to this item.
sge00031.jpg
6.57 MB
image/jpeg
Rights
This USGS product is considered to be in the U.S. public domain. For further information on the USGS Information Policies and Instructions, refer to the Copyrights and Credits section on this web page: http://www.usgs.gov/laws/info_policies.html