They include the cations Ca+2, Mg+2, K+ as well as the anions Cl–, SO4-2, B0, and NO3–. Other salts that contribute to soil salinity include Na+, CO3-2, and HCO3–. Typically, NO3– and K+ are not high ...

The Saline Bayou salt works were the source of ... have acquired their good quality only by the discharge of their salts, from continuing for so many ages out of the sea.” DuPratz also described ...