Pulling Core (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Pulling Core

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Coauthor John Geissman of the University of Texas, Dallas, pulls a drilled-out core of rock used in the study. The drilling penetrated more than 1,500 feet, going back some 250 million years.

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Kevin Krajick/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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