Are these 2 equal in salinity? Does anything live in them? Because if things can live around geothermal vents, why not here?
Great Salt lake: 50-270 ppt -> brine shrimp, brine flies, algae Dead Sea: 300 ppt -> bacteria, microbial fungi
wow, did not know that. thanks! so the people who say nothing lives in the Dead Sea are as uninformed as me. Or do they not not count small things?
************* M*W: Having visited there several times, the Great Salt Lake has briny shrimp, and let me tell you now, it stinks to high hell! I was so shocked to see the lake up close after all those postcard pictures of pristine waters. You can hardly breathe near it! What a disappointment! But I do love Utah!
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which ppt is that? part per thousands or part per trillion? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! from wiki: Parts per thousand (denoted by "‰", the permille symbol, and occasionally "ppt") denotes one particle of a given substance for every 999 other particles. This is roughly equivalent to one drop of ink in a cup of water, or one second per 17 minutes. "Parts per thousand" is often used to record the salinity of seawater. One part in 103. Parts per trillion ("ppt") denotes one particle of a given substance for every 999,999,999,999 other particles. This is roughly equivalent to one drop of ink in a shipping canal lock full of water , or one second every 320 centuries. One part in 1012.
Ok, sorry, I gues it is per thousand http://www.bibleplaces.com/deadsea.htm: Figures for the Dead Sea's salinity today range from 26-35%. ---> around 30% ----> 300 per thousand
During the Ice Age, the Great Salt Lake covered an area of about 11,000 square miles. There's a map of the ancient extent (and modern, up to that year) in one of the National Geographic issues (I think either 1984-5).
Dead Sea Hey I was reading about that. The Dead Sea is actually not something or other, I forget what it was. It was a comparison between the Great Saly Lake and the Dead Sea. Maybe it was the salinity they were talking about. Any way, does the Great Salt Lake have the same healing power as the Dead Sea, or are some environmental variables different that do not possess the same healing powers? Sam http://www.deadseapremium.com
dead sea...Its surface and shores are 1,385 ft below sea level.. The Dead Sea is 378 m (1,240 ft) deep GSL..surface elevation of 4,200 feet..35 feet (10.7 m) deep, and an average depth of 13 feet (4 m) GSL is a mile higher and much much shalllower guess that's why it's a lake and the other a sea Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
