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A THERMOPROBE capable of measuring temperatures both 2.5 m into the sediment and in the water up to 3.3 m above the sediment has been designed, constructed and used to monitor the temperatures across the water-sediment interface at oceanic stations west of Oregon.
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MESECAR, R., BODVARSSON, G. & BURT, W. Time-dependent Vertical Temperature Measurements across the Water-sediment Interface on the Continental Shelf West of Oregon. Nature 224, 901–902 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224901a0
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