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On German Bank (Station 10244), likewise, the temperature was 

 almost uniform (9.5°-10°) from surface to bottom, as in previous years 

 (1914a, 1915). 



On Georges Bank as a whole (Fig. 3, 4) the vertical range of temper- 

 ature was considerable, with the water coldest on the bottom, and the 

 rate of vertical cooling more uniform than in most parts of the Gulf 



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Fig. 5. — Temperature sections over the continental slope, Stations 10218, 10220, 

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(Fig. 2). But Station 10217, over the 150 meter contour on the south- 

 west slope of the Bank is an exception to this rule, its minimum lying 

 at 40-50 meters instead of on the l)ottom. Locally, on the northeast 

 part of the Bank (Station 10224), the water was so thoroughly mixed 

 by vertical circulation that the temperature was practically uniform 



