Ancient ‘salt mountains’ in southern Australia once created refuges for early life
- Written by Rachelle Kernen, Research Fellow, Geology, University of Adelaide
Bunyeroo valley in the Southern Flinders Ranges.Southern Lightscapes-Australia/Getty ImagesSalt is an essential nutrient for the human body. But hundreds of millions of years before the first humans, salt minerals once shaped entire landscapes. They even determined where early life on Earth could thrive.
Deep in Earth’s past, over millions of...
Read more: Ancient ‘salt mountains’ in southern Australia once created refuges for early life





