I want you to start a salt bed,' Steed began.

The city now begins slightly beyond its original river location, on a pan of scoured earth and salt beds.

The oceans that once covered the earth left a generous supply of salt beds and underground deposits.

On 14 July 2010, the first exploration well collapsed when reached to an underwater salt bed.

The glittering white salt bed reflected the intense G-9 sun like a mirror.

"They have salt beds near here," said Gene quietly.

The saunier must harmonize the weather with the conditions in his salt beds.

So, if nuclear waste is placed inside the salt bed, chances are good that groundwater won't carry it anywhere else.

Salt mining is an important industry; the salt beds there are the country's largest, covering some 8400 km2.

Visitors learn the physical and geological characteristics of the salt bed in Kansas.