Groundwater interactions control dolomite and magnesite precipitation in saline playas in the Western District Volcanic Plains of Victoria, Australia

Abstract

In this paper, a review is offered on lacustrine sites in Australia where both dolomite and magnesite are found to precipitate today (but not through diagenesis) and have been doing so during the Holocene. Information thus far obtained in the Coorong region of SE South Australia is provided and this follows with a discussion of the published literature from the volcanic plains of Western Victoria where modern dolomite and magnesite are also precipitating in saline playa lakes today. Show more