University of Arizona Geoscientist Barbara Carrapa Takes Rock Samples (IMAGE)

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University of Arizona Geoscientist Barbara Carrapa Takes Rock Samples

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Barbara Carrapa, a University of Arizona professor of geosciences, takes rock samples at 14,000 feet (4267 m) on Cerro Penitentes in the Cordillera Central of Argentina. The snow-capped mountain in the distance is Mt. Aconcagua in Argentina.

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Peter DeCelles, University of Arizona

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