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HYPERSALINE WATER [2 records]

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Record 1 2007-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
DEF

... pore fluids in deep sedimentary basins, stratified hot fluids in restricted basins such as the Red Sea, oil field waters, and geothermal mineralizing fluids. It denotes warm to hot highly saline waters containing Ca, Na, K, Cl, and minor amounts of other elements.

CONT

... one of the most surprising results of fluid inclusions studies is the evidence of the common occurrence of exceedingly strong brines in nature, brines more concentrated than any now found at the surface ... These are not only present in mineral deposits but are common in igneous and metamorphic rocks.

CONT

The most likely ore fluids are brines derived from evaporites.

CONT

... in modern sediments, dolomite seems to form as a result of penecontemporaneous dolomitization by hypersaline water (brine).

OBS

brine: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Basinal, continental, metal-bearing, NaCl brine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
DEF

Eau très salée, souvent produite par l'évaporation ou le gel de l'eau de mer, dont la concentration dépasse la valeur conventionnelle de 100 000 mg/l[exposant]-1.

CONT

Les eaux emprisonnées dans les vases sédimentaires marines sont [...] des saumures [...]

CONT

[...] dans les vases très hydratées peuvent se produire des précipitations de sels soit depuis la saumure interstitielle soit par combinaison du soufre des matières organiques et du fer des pyrites [...]

CONT

Au bord des bassins sédimentaires épais, les calcaires furent remplacés par des saumures acides, expulsées lors de la compaction des bassins. Ce processus [...] engendra les gisements de plomb et de zinc de la vallée du Mississippi.

OBS

sursalé : Se dit des eaux dont la salure dépasse celle de l'eau océanique [...]

OBS

saumure : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Saumure de bassin.

PHR

Saumure continentale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geoquímica
DEF

Solución salina muy concentrada (convencionalmente superior a 100 000 mg l-1) producida a menudo por evaporación o congelación del agua del mar.

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Record 2 2001-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Waters with salinity greater than 40 ppt ...

CONT

... hypersaline water is denser than normal sea water. Therefore the freshwater entering the lagoon will tend to stay separate from, and flow over the much denser hypersaline water ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Eau de salinité supérieure à celle des eaux océaniques, soit environ 40.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
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