Percy writes:
Summarizing this topic so far, it would seem that accurately assessing the rates of all the various inputs and outputs of oceanic salt is not a simple task.
True and an understatement since we do not have detailed geologic maps for most of the land surface.We would need to document ALL of the oceanic sources and sinks. Now I can see this happening if someone can come up with an economic reason for doing so. I can't think of one offhand.
More to the point in this thread is WHY anyone would suggest that measuring the ocean's salinity would be a good way to determine the earth's age.
It was a stupid idea 110 years ago and still is. You have no idea if the ocean is in equilibrium today, has been in the past or not, so salinity could have been going up or down or staying the same at various times.
Any date you derive doing this is probably BS.
Thanks ICR for proving my point since the date you got is BS.
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