Why does the ocean contain all the salt & where did it come from?

Question

I realise that there are land deposits from dried up oceans. Butwhere did it come from originally?

Answer 1

Although there can be no denying that some ocean salt comes from water decaying minerals and carrying these ions out to sea, a greater source of salts in the oceans is from the water/magma interaction. Black smokers and white smokers spew out many ions, expecially those that cannot go into igneous forming minerals, and they probably account for the bulk of the ions in seawater.

Answer 2

The salt in the oceans dissolved out of rocks on the land, and was carried into the ocean by rivers. This took millions of years when the oceans first formed a couple billion years ago.

Answer 3

There is a fable called "Why the sea is salty" If you can ever find it - its a great story. The basic outline is about a magic mill that can be made to stop and start on command and grind out anything you ask it to. As usual in these stories, the bad guy steals it, but doesn't know the magic word to stop it and as he is making his getaway on a boat, he orders it to start grinding salt. He can't stop it, so it sinks his ship and he drowns, and the mill sinks to the bottom of the ocean where it is still grinding salt to this day.

Answer 4

Fish alongside with mamal marine creatures contain salt (as do you). whilst they die the sea absorbes their physique (chemical components), yet some components don't get used/switched over into different issues and that they are embarked on the sea. Salt is one in each and every of those components that have a no longer hassle-free time remodeling/degrating into different components. Salty water kinda consists of the leftovers of marine stay...

Answer 5

When rivers flow into the sea, they carry particles from the mountains and places they've had contact with. When they arrive at the sea, the particles, which include mineral salts are deposited there.

Answer 6

For billions of years, rainwater has dissolved traces of various salts in the Earth's surface rock and soil. Groundwater dissolves salt in underlying layers of rock. Eventually most of these waters with dissolved salts find their way to the ocean. The oceans accumulate salt as the evaporation of water from the ocean surface leaves the salts behind.

Answer 7

The salt is washed and carried from rocks all over the world through streams and rivers into the sea where it collects (That's the non-scientific jargon version!)

Answer 8

Perhaps it was a naturally occurring mineral. You know, like gold, silver, iron etc

Answer 9

seamen from various sea creatures

Answer 10

whale sperm is salty and the 60 liters of sperm are released each time