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Erwin Kossina

German geographer

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study of ocean distributions

  • Earth's oceans
    In ocean: Relative distribution of the oceans

    In 1921 Erwin Kossina, a German geographer, published tables giving the distribution of oceanic water with depth for the oceans and adjacent seas. This work was updated in 1966 by American geologist H.W. Menard and American oceanographer S.M. Smith. The latter only slightly changed the numbers derived…

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