There are saltwater flats in the Badwater Basin of Death Valley. Crystals are crushed and emerge through the mud layer to rest on top. Around the ends of the flats where it transitions into regular rock, it is a fairly abrupt change from salt to rock. I wonder why it is that the change is so sudden. I wish to know the chemical composition of the rock and the salt, and also to observe environmental factors that might explain this. Gathering dimensions of the salt flat area size and tracking it over a few years would be helpful.
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