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DURING observations of the currents close to the sea floor below the Mediterranean outflow in the Gulf of Cadiz, we have discovered evidence of a cloud of sediment which seems to come from the Mediterranean water itself.
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THORPE, S. A Sediment Cloud Below the Mediterranean Outflow. Nature 239, 326–327 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/239326a0
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