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On her cruise to the Indian Ocean, R.V. METEOR worked a section through the Red Sea with stations in several deep holes. Hot salty water occurred only in the Discovery Deep (st. 28) and in the area of the Atlantic Deep (st. 384). The upper limits of the abnormal water were indicated by sound scattering layers. In both deeps continuous temperature and transparency measurements were carried out. At station 28 the temperature increased with depth within a thermocline of 45-m thickness from 21.6°C to 44.8°C. At station 384 three layers were observed; the temperature first increased from 21.6°C to 41.2°C, then to 57.7°C and finally to 58.4°C near the bottom. On both stations the water was found to be very turbid. Some chemical properties of the water were determined.
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Dietrich, G., Krause, G. (1969). The Observations of the Vertical Structure of Hot Salty Water by R.V. METEOR . In: Degens, E.T., Ross, D.A. (eds) Hot Brines and Recent Heavy Metal Deposits in the Red Sea. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-28603-6_2
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