Researchers Place GPS Instrument (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Researchers Place GPS Instrument

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Purdue University graduate student Sarah D. Stamps and Tanzanian scientist Elifuraha Saria install a Global Positioning System instrument in the Natron area of Tanzania. The Ol Doinyo Lenga volcano is visible in the background. Global Positioning Systems were used by a Purdue-led team to capture the first dyking event ever recorded within the Earth's continental crust.

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Photo courtesy of Eric Calais

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