[Sca-cooks] Salt in Iceland (was Honey butter)
Daniel & Elizabeth Phelps
dephelps at embarqmail.com
Mon Mar 30 08:55:51 PDT 2009
Was written:
> I _think_ the places where salt tends to be harvested from salt water are
> places where there are shallow bays and a lot of sunshine; places like
> Southern Spain and India. I also believe Northern Europe tends to see
> more mined salt, and I'm not sure Iceland is one of the centers for that.
>
If I recall correctly Iceland is a volcanic island on the north Atlantic mid
oceanic rift. Mined salt comes from sedimentary deposits.
Daniel
mka Daniel C. Phelps, P.G. (Professional Geologist)
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