Diapirs of this substance plus other evaporites form namesake structural traps, and are thus valued by petroleum engineers.
Diapirs of this substance plus other evaporites form namesake structural traps, and are thus valued by petroleum engineers. Soil rich in this substance because of irrigation is typically leached to make the soil suitable for agriculture. Gradients in temperature and in the concentration of this substance drive the so-called "global conveyor belt" current. Endorheic lakes, which are rich in this substance since they have no outflows, may eventually become playas, which are "flats" named for this substance. The mineral form of this cubic crystal compound is called halite. For 10 points, name the most common dissolved substance in the oceans, a diatomic ionic compound.
Diapirs of this substance plus other evaporites form namesake structural traps, and are thus valued by petroleum engineers.
salt [or table salt; or sodium chloride; or NaCl; or rock salt; or halite before it is read; prompt on "minerals"] 