Orchid Win7 v1 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> I've _heard_ this suggestion, but since salt doesn't occur anywhere on 
> Earth except in the sea, that doesn't make a lot of sense...

The Earth's crust has 2.6% sodium by weight, making it the sixth most
abundant element on Earth.

There's a relative abundance of chlorine in the seas because of how the
seas were formed and due to things like underwater volcanoes, which
release quite large amounts of chlorine.

Sodium chloride is soluble in water, unlike most other minerals, which
makes it significantly more prevalent in seawater than other minerals.
There are also complex phenomena happening that keep the balance of
seawater salinity.

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                                                          - Warp

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