Salt of the Early Earth

Astrobiology Magazine ^ | 2/6/05 | Leslie Mullen

[Doctor Stochastic]

" In Babylonian myth the saltwater goddess (Tiamat) mated with the freshwater god (Apsu) and begat the gods and goddesses of silt and the horizon, which in turn begat heaven (Anu), who begat the earth (Enki). "

From: Link

[Doctor Stochastic]

This article is in disagreement with the Creationist claim that the oceans are always getting saltier. Of course, the minerals could have been deposited in a Great Saltation Event.

[djf]

Another indicator is the fact that the chemical fuel of the neurons is the sodium/potassium gradient.

While there is certainly sodium and calcium in freshwater, I don't think there's anywhere near enough potash to support a freshwater evolution theory.

[furball4paws]

There's also one hell of a lot more salt water.

[SunkenCiv]

thanks Fiddlstix!

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[CobaltBlue]

Depends on why you buy sea salt. If you buy it because you like the way it tastes, or because the size and shape of the flakes causes you to use less salt, then no, you haven't wasted your money on sea salt.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

NOTE: this is a topic from 2002! Or somethin'.

[Fred Nerks]

Pass the salt please!

In southern Iran, the collision between the Asian landmass and the Arabian platform has folded rocks and pushed up the rugged Zagros Mountains. In places, underlying deposits of salt have ascended in fluid-like plumes. Some of these plumes have pushed through the rock above, like toothpaste from a tube, and they are now visible as darkish irregular patches. This image shows a few of over 200 similar features—called diapirs, or salt plugs—that are scattered about this part of the Zagros Mountains.

Gravity has caused the salt to flow like glaciers into adjacent valleys. The resulting tongue-shaped bodies are more than 5 kilometers long, with repeating bow-shaped ridges separated by crevasse-like gullies and with steep sides and fronts. The darker tones are due to clays brought up with the salt, as well as the probable accumulation of airborne dust..."

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16435

[SunkenCiv]

The Origin of the Oceans
http://www.varchive.org/itb/ecocean.htm

[SunkenCiv]