penesaline

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penesaline [‚pēn·ə′sā‚lēn]

(ecology)

Referring to an environment intermediate between normal marine and saline, characterized by evaporitic carbonates often interbedded with gypsum or anhydrite, and by a salinity high enough to be toxic to normal marine organisms.

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