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🧂 Sabkha Evaporite Tidal Flat

Explore how capillary evaporative pumping draws saline groundwater upward through a coastal sabkha, precipitating gypsum and halite crusts as humidity, temperature, and water-table depth change.

Geology & Earth Science3DModerate60 FPS💧 Water 🌍 Earth

The simulation demonstrates how capillary evaporative pumping transports saline groundwater upward through a coastal sabkha and how humidity, temperature, and water-table depth control whether gypsum or halite crusts form at the surface.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

🎮 How to Use

Adjust the sliders for humidity, temperature, and water-table depth to watch brine rise through the sediment profile and observe how quickly and where mineral crusts crystallize.

💡 Did You Know?

The classic sabkha model built from studying the modern Abu Dhabi coastline is now used by geologists worldwide to interpret gypsum and halite deposits that are hundreds of millions of years old.

⚙ Under the hood

Explore how capillary evaporative pumping draws saline groundwater upward through a coastal sabkha, precipitating gypsum and halite crusts as humidity, temperature, and water-table depth change.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install