Long-Corer (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Long-Corer

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This is the long-corer system shown aboard the R/V Knorr. The longer the cores, the deeper they go, collecting older sediments that record past conditions and events in the planet's oceans and climate.

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Emily Estes, University of Delaware

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