Thalassa; an essay on the depth, temperature, and currents of the ocean . CO ulte i tila. lU H -I< o < o» o F z<-I1- <. Deductions from the Curve. 45 500 fathoms with a temperature of 4° C At the station in thePacific, a surface-stratum, the temperature of which falls from28°.8 C to 28° C. at 30 fathoms, and to 26° C. at 80 fathoms, isunited by a steep gradient to an intermediate stratum, whichextends from 150 fathoms (ii°.3 C) to 800 fathoms (3° C), thebottom-stratum commencing at 900 fathoms with a temperatureof 2°.5 C How soon the cold bottom-stratum is reached inthe equatorial
Thalassa; an essay on the depth, temperature, and currents of the ocean . CO ulte i tila. lU H -I< o < o» o F z<-I1- <. Deductions from the Curve. 45 500 fathoms with a temperature of 4° C At the station in thePacific, a surface-stratum, the temperature of which falls from28°.8 C to 28° C. at 30 fathoms, and to 26° C. at 80 fathoms, isunited by a steep gradient to an intermediate stratum, whichextends from 150 fathoms (ii°.3 C) to 800 fathoms (3° C), thebottom-stratum commencing at 900 fathoms with a temperatureof 2°.5 C How soon the cold bottom-stratum is reached inthe equatorial belt is one of the unexpected discoveries due torecent deep-sea exploration. In the warm seas which bathe theBritish Islands, a temperature of 4° C. is not registered until wearrive at a depth of 900 fathoms, and at 1500 fathoms thetemperature is still 2°. 5 C. CHAPTER III. CURRENTS OF THE OCEAN. The Aqueous and the Aerial Oceans—Thermal Circulation—Vertical and HorizontalExtension of the Two Terrestrial Envelopes—Parallelism between Oceanic andAtmospheric Currents—Surface and Under-Currents. The Aqueous and
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