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Alfred Merz
Alfred
Merz
was an
Austrian
geographer
,
oceanographer
and
director
of the
Institute of Marine Science
in
Berlin
. He died of
pneumonia
in
Buenos Aires
while on an expedition to survey the
South Atlantic
and is buried in
Perchtoldsdorf
.
Merz Peninsula
is named after him.
Literary
works
Hydrographische Untersuchungen im
Golf von Triest
,
1911
Die
Oberflächentemperatur
der
Gewässer
, 1920
Die atlantische Vertikalzirkulation
, 1922-1933
Other
readings
Writings about exploration with the German
research vessel
Meteor
,
completed
by
Albert Josef Maria Defant