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Variability of the O2−H2S zone structure in the Black Sea: ‘Dramatic’ or mesoscale?

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Soviet journal of physical oceanography

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This paper discusses the conclusion derived during a joint U.S—Turkey expedition on the R/VKrorr on the ‘dramatic’ variations of the O2−H2S zone in the Black Sea observed over the last 20 years. This conclusion is shown to be invalid since it was based on a comparison of data obtained at two stations only (in 1969 and 1988) that was made in various regions and in different seasons. Examples are provided for the inter-seasonal and mesoscale variations of hydrophysical and hydrochemical characteristics in the O2−H2S zone which, as to their scales, are comparable to or even exceed the variations registered during the expedition ofKrorr.

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  1. A. A. Bezborodov
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  2. V. N. Eremeev
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Translated by Mikhail M. Trufanov.

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Bezborodov, A.A., Eremeev, V.N. Variability of the O2−H2S zone structure in the Black Sea: ‘Dramatic’ or mesoscale?. Soviet Journal of Physical Oceanography 3, 61–66 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02198494

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