Oceanic water dissolves sediments, rocks, and salts due to its composition of various ions like sodium, chloride, magnesium, and calcium. These ions enable the water to break down minerals in the sediments and rocks, carrying them away in solution. Additionally, the continuous movement and turbulence of ocean currents help in the process of dissolving and transporting these materials.
Shells are organic sediments.
Approximately 3.5% of the ocean consists of dissolved salts, mostly sodium and chloride ions. This gives the ocean its characteristic salinity.
The most important is sodium chloride; other salts are magnesium, potassium, calcium chlorides and of course many minor salts.
what temperature is ocean water likely to contain more dissolved salts 30 degrees or 15 degrees
Oceanic water dissolves sediments, rocks, and salts due to its composition of various ions like sodium, chloride, magnesium, and calcium. These ions enable the water to break down minerals in the sediments and rocks, carrying them away in solution. Additionally, the continuous movement and turbulence of ocean currents help in the process of dissolving and transporting these materials.
No. Most of the dissolved salts in the ocean come from the rivers emptying into the ocean. As the rivers flow from their sources to their mouths, they erode their channels and pick up salt and sediments from weathered rock, which are deposited into the ocean at their mouths.
process called Desalination
yes earthquakes are a source of ocean salts by the great shake
desalination
Storms at sea. The evaporated water falls back into the ocean with no net effect on salinity.
Shells are organic sediments.
Salt water due to sediments of salts.
Approximately 3.5% of the ocean consists of dissolved salts, mostly sodium and chloride ions. This gives the ocean its characteristic salinity.
The salts are: sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium chlorides.
Salts are dissolved from the Earth and transported by rivers in seas/oceans.
Salts are dissolved from the Earth by rivers and transported in seas and oceans.