THE BARENTS SEA 



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attain 30 to 34% salinity. In spring, during the melting of the large masses of 

 snow which have fallen through the winter, the amount of fresh water enter- 

 ing the inlet increases considerably and the surface layer is diluted even more. 

 In summer, in the middle of the southern part of the inlet, the salinity in the 

 upper surface layer fluctuates from zero to 16-5% , at a depth of 3 m from 

 2 to 31% , at 5 m from 5 to 33% , and at greater depths fluctuation is still 

 further increased. 



S] SANDY SILT 

 GZ3SAND. SILTY SAND 

 ■■CLIFFS 

 E3LITHOTHAMNION 



Fig. 48. Chart of Kola Inlet with (A) depths (fathoms) and (B) composition of sea- 

 bed (Derjugin). 



