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... region of decreased velocity , which means that in the region of minimum sound velocity , sound rays will remain in the narrow channel of minimum velocity above and below which are regions of greater velocity . This narrow channel is ...
... region of decreased velocity , which means that in the region of minimum sound velocity , sound rays will remain in the narrow channel of minimum velocity above and below which are regions of greater velocity . This narrow channel is ...
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... regions . Since operations in the Baffin Bay - Labrador Sea region , the southern Canadian Archipelago , and the Bering and Chuckchee seas are conducted largely through winter pack ice , study of the environmental history of the ...
... regions . Since operations in the Baffin Bay - Labrador Sea region , the southern Canadian Archipelago , and the Bering and Chuckchee seas are conducted largely through winter pack ice , study of the environmental history of the ...
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... region lies between forty degrees and fifty degrees South latitude . It may be generally recognized at the surface by an abrupt decrease in salinity and temperature . Surface - water temperatures may drop from ten degrees to eight ...
... region lies between forty degrees and fifty degrees South latitude . It may be generally recognized at the surface by an abrupt decrease in salinity and temperature . Surface - water temperatures may drop from ten degrees to eight ...
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