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Tostrup

halokinetic potash-bearing salt in Denmark

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CountryDenmark
Location:9.4144, 56.6399
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Site typestructure
Deposit typehalokinetic potash-bearing salt
Evaporite basinZechstein
Basin typeintracratonic basin
Geologic unitZechstein Group
Salt structureTostrup
Age
Paleozoic
Permian
Guadalupian-Lopingian
Roadian-Wordian-Capitanian-Wuchiapingian-Changhsingian
Minimum:Paleozoic-Permian-Lopingian-Changhsingian
Maximum:Paleozoic-Permian-Guadalupian-Roadian
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Notes:K2 cycle is 10 m thick and consists of kieseritic halite, and Veggerby potash zone.
Geologic map unit9.4144, 56.6399
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Comments

Dome covers area of 20 square km; caverns in dome used for gas storage.

References

Jacobsen, F.L., and Nielsen, B.L., 1993, Structural studies of a Danish salt dome optimize construction of six gas storage caverns, in Kakihana, H., Hardy, H.R., Jr., Hoshi, T., and Toyokura, K., eds., Seventh symposium on salt: New York, Elsevier, Seventh Symposium on Salt, Kyoto, April 6-9, 1992 [Proceedings], v. 1, p. 151-158.
Nielsen, B.L., Jacobsen, F.L., and Petersen, S.A., 1993, Cap rock investigation; An aid in the structural interpretation of the Tostrup Salt Dome, Denmark, in Kakihana, H., Hardy, H.R., Jr., Hoshi, T., and Toyokura, K., eds., Seventh symposium on salt: New York, Elsevier, Seventh Symposium on Salt, Kyoto, April 6-9, 1992 [Proceedings], v. 1, p. 141-149.