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The paper considers the thermohaline structure of Black Sea abyssal and near-bottom waters on the basis of exact measurements recorded in recent years under the HYDROBLACK and COMSBLACK international projects. The surface water mass (along with the cold mixed layer), the intermediate, abyssal, and near-bottom masses are identified. The upper boundary of deep waters is defined as a depth level where the density ratio decreases down to 0.1 This depth roughly corresponds to the 900–1100 m depth levels. Furthermore, the paper provides potential temperature and salinily values in the near-bottom layer, with an error of, respectively, 0.002°C and 0.002‰, at most.
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Ivanov, L.I., Shkvorets, I.Y. Thermohaline structure of abyssal and near-bottom waters of the Black Sea. Phys. Oceanogr. 7, 437–443 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02509657
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