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Viktor Filipovich Kanayev
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LOCATION: Moscow 117218, Russia
Former Senior Scientist, Moscow M.V. Lomonosov State University. Coauthor of Reléf dna Indi&ihacek;skogo okeana and others.
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Indian Ocean, body of salt water covering approximately one-fifth of the total ocean area of the world. It is the smallest, geologically youngest, and physically most complex of the world’s three major oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian). It stretches for more than 6,200 miles (10,000 km)…
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