salt damage
Coastal weathering effect
Salt damage is harm caused by salt exposure, whether to plants, vehicles, building materials, or infrastructure.
Road salt corrodes car undercarriages and concrete.
Coastal salt spray damages vegetation and metal fixtures.
In agriculture, soil salinity from irrigation or seawater intrusion stunts crops: The tomatoes showed classic salt damage—brown leaf margins and wilting.
- corrosionChemical wearing away
- rustIron oxide coating
- rust spotsOxidized metal discoloration
- brineWater saturated with sodium
- coastalOf the shoreline
sea spray · erosion · deterioration · concrete · roads · winter · deicing · ice melt · spray · weathering · pitting · crumbling · seawater · brackish · chloride · ocean · flaking · decay
- Deteriorationdecay, rot, degradation, deterioration, corrosion
- hair problemsbreakage, split ends, frizz, dryness, tangles
- tree problemscrack, dead wood, dieback, rot, wound
- crop damagecrop loss, crop failure, leaf burn, stunted growth, wilting
- mural conservationwall painting, wall paintings, consolidation, stabilization, inpainting
- plant damagewilt, chlorosis, necrosis, rot, scorch