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Brine rejection

Oceanography

Brine rejection is a process that occurs when salty water freezes: the salts do not fit into the crystal structure of water ice, so they are expelled from the forming ice. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Thermohaline Circulation, Processes

Read from this phenomenon's own Wikipedia article (Brine rejection); earth5 pass cause judgment: Thermohaline Circulation.

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Oceanography, Disciplines

Read from this phenomenon's own Wikipedia article (Brine rejection); earth5 pass discipline judgment: Oceanography.

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Brine rejection (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Brine rejection is a process that occurs when salty water freezes.
  • In Group: Sea Ice and Polar Ocean Phenomena, Lead sentence
    Brine rejection is a process that occurs when salty water freezes.
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