Eolian dusts collected after dust storms contain aggregates that are cesmutted by evaporitic salts, mainly halite. They vary in shape, fabrics, and t,:~ ace roughness Aggregation changes grainshape density and size dis--uuti0n ,c ~ ' ' . tran ,,, aust particles (i.e., characteristics determining erosion and inteSp°rt); on deposition in the sea, cements dissolve and aggregates disra:_ grate, leaving the resultant eolo-marine sediment component with a fr~eadlng paleo-climatic record. The eolian transport of salts with dust m the arid coastal plain to the sea constitutes a portion of anticyclic salt movement and probably plays a role in the geochemical balance of the OCeans.