Mediterranean mediolittoral mud facies of saltworks

Evaporative environments over mud in which water with low or normal salinity evaporates either in the summer period (northern Mediterranean: salterns) or the whole year round, except for the rainy season (in the eastern parts of the southern Mediterranean: bahiret, sebkha, chotts). Dessication may be total, with the production of

Código Eunis 2021: MA6512