R.B. Whitmarsh S.A. Ali J.E. Boudreaux R. Coleman R.L. Fleisher R. Girdler Frank T. Manheim A. Matter C. Nigrini P. Stoffers P.R. Supko D.A. Ross 1973 Recent drilling in the Red Sea has shown that much of the basin is underlain by evaporites of a similar age to that of evaporites found in the Mediterranean Sea. These evaporites and their structural positions indicate that other brine areas are present - and, indeed, several others have been discovered. application/pdf 10.1126/science.179.4071.377 en AAAS Red sea drillings article