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The History of the Exploitation of Salt Deposits in Romania Cover

The History of the Exploitation of Salt Deposits in Romania

Open Access
|Jun 2026

Abstract

This work presents useful, rich and well-structured information on the history of the exploitation of halite in Romania, throughout periods in the history of the Romanian people in the Carpathian-Danubian-Pontic space: Dacian, Daco-Roman, post-Roman, after the 10th century and up to the present. References are made to the salt trade in the European space and a brief review of the techniques and technologies of salt extraction. The work concludes with a nomination of the main saline, which worked on the territory of our country in different historical periods.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/minrv-2026-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2247-8590 | Journal ISSN: 1220-2053
Language: English
Page range: 14 - 36
Submitted on: Mar 6, 2026
Accepted on: Jun 3, 2026
Published on: Jun 27, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2026 Dumitru Fodor, Mircea Georgescu, published by University of Petrosani
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