2006-10-15 07:31:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Salt and other minerals were carried into the sea by rivers, having been leached out of the ground by rainfall runoff. Upon reaching the ocean, these salts would be retained and concentrated as the process of evaporation removed the water.
In addition, sodium was leached out of the ocean floor when the oceans first formed. The presence of the other dominant element of salt, chloride, results from "outgassing" of chloride (as hydrochloric acid) with other gases from Earth's interior via volcanos and hydrothermal vents. The sodium and chloride subsequently became the most abundant constituents of sea salt.
2006-10-15 07:46:11 · answer #1 · answered by wimbledon andy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really don't know how it came to be. Maybe by dissolved minerals in rocks. One of the functions is that it prevents freezing by reducing the freezing point of the water body. That's the reason antifreeze agents used in vehicles during winter also have ethanol with salt in the solution.
2006-10-15 14:35:59 · answer #2 · answered by DAMOLA A 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-15 14:39:42 · answer #3 · answered by dr evil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salt is very important to earth. Did you know a tablespoon of halite has every mineral except gold.
2006-10-16 00:07:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
water against rock. Rock has NaCl. It serves to keep the salt water fish alive.
2006-10-15 14:35:23 · answer #5 · answered by Yup 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question- no idea!
I think the things that live in it have evolved to depend on it and not vice versa.
Damn you really got me thinking now lol!
2006-10-15 14:40:49 · answer #6 · answered by Icarus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
water dissolved rocks such as limestone which contain sodium ions
2006-10-16 09:55:42 · answer #7 · answered by specialagenttodd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but it serves a certain porpoise.
2006-10-15 14:38:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋