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BRINE REJECTION [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Chemistry
  • Oceanography
DEF

... a process that occurs during sea ice formation, in which salt is pushed from the ice, as it forms, into the surrounding seawater.

OBS

[Brine rejection] results in sea ice being fresher than the seawater from which it formed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Chimie
  • Océanographie
DEF

[...] processus qui se produit pendant la formation de la glace marine, dans laquelle le sel est rejeté de la glace, au fur et à mesure qu'elle se forme, dans l'eau de mer environnante.

OBS

[En raison du rejet de saumure,] le sel de la glace marine est plus dilué que celui de l'eau de mer à partir de laquelle elle s'est formée.

Spanish

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