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VERY little is known about the suspended matter contributing to those turbid zones in the sea which occur well above the bottom. Recently, however, Ewing and Thorndike1 reported a layer containing 2.5 mg/l. of lutite at 4,030 m in the Sargasso Sea 160 m above bottom. They did not indicate any further characterization of their material.
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WILSON, D., ZILLIOUX, E. An Iron-bearing Nepheloid Layer near Key West, Florida. Nature 211, 506–507 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211506a0
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