The Oceans

Table 9.1 <target id="page_99" target-type="page">99</target>Mass and areas 100Total volume of sea water 1.4 × 10¹⁸ m³ Mass 1.44 × 10²¹ kg Areas  Sea total 3.62 × 10¹⁴ m²  Ocean basins 3.1 × 10¹⁴ m² Figure 9.1 Temperature variations of the ocean with depth, latitude and season. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315148038/efb223d3-97c8-455d-9c45-0c8e2b289d76/content/fig9_1.tif"/> Figure 9.2 Global variations of sea surface salinity. Salinity variations diminish with depth and in the deep ocean the range is restricted 34.7‰ to 34.8‰. (Courtesy of Jeff Dunn, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research.) https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315148038/efb223d3-97c8-455d-9c45-0c8e2b289d76/content/fig9_2.tif"/>