Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 210, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1912 — Origin of Salt In Ocean. [ARTICLE]

Origin of Salt In Ocean.

The origin of the salt in the sea to usually attributed to the constant washing of salts from the land by rain and rivers, and the gradual depositing of them in the sea, through evaporation. In every 100 parts of sea water there are about two and one-half parts of salt- It fans been computed that there are 4,500,000 cable miles of rock salt in the oceans, 14% times the bulk of the continent of Europe above high-water mark. The Atlantic is mach saltier than the other oceans. Prof. Alexander Woeikow, of St. Petersburg, believes that this is due to the large, .amount of water vapor that is carried onto the continents bordering this ocean, which are comparatively, low where they front the sea.