scienceyoucanlove: Underwater “lakes!”  During the Jurassic period the waters here were shallow and became cut off from the ocean. The area soon dried out, leaving a thick layer of salt and other minerals up to 8km thick. When ocean water returned after the region rifted apart, the super-saline layer at the bottom of the Gulf became an underwater lake. Now brine, which is continually released from a rift in the ocean floor, feeds the lake. READ MORE: http://www.geekologie.com/2008/09/wait-what-an-underwater-lake.php

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Underwater “lakes!” 

During the Jurassic period the waters here were shallow and became cut off from the ocean. The area soon dried out, leaving a thick layer of salt and other minerals up to 8km thick. When ocean water returned after the region rifted apart, the super-saline layer at the bottom of the Gulf became an underwater lake. Now brine, which is continually released from a rift in the ocean floor, feeds the lake.
READ MORE: http://www.geekologie.com/2008/09/wait-what-an-underwater-lake.php

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