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Salty hydrothermal solutions are discharged along rift valleys. Their composition gives insight into the chemical evolution of the sea.

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    Present address: Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut der Universität Hamburg, 2000, Hamburg, 13, Von-Melle-Park 11

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DEGENS, E. Salts in the Sea. Nature 243, 504–507 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/243504a0

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