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Salinity vs Palaeosalinity - What's the difference?

salinity | palaeosalinity |

As nouns the difference between salinity and palaeosalinity

is that salinity is the quality of being saline while palaeosalinity is (countable) the salinity of the seas in the geologic past.

salinity

English

Noun

(salinities)
  • The quality of being saline.
  • (chemistry) The concentration of salt in a solution.

    • Synonyms

    * salineness * saltiness

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    palaeosalinity

    English

    Noun

  • (countable) The salinity of the seas in the geologic past
  • (uncountable) The study of these salinities