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> As the Earth cooled, salts in rocks dissolved. This might be misread as a primordial origin event. Ocean chlorine and sodium residence times are under 100 M
by mncharity 6y ago
> As the Earth cooled, salts in rocks dissolved.
This might be misread as a primordial origin event. Ocean chlorine and sodium residence times are under 100 Myr. So an ongoing process, with rocks dissolving, and excess precipitating.