Scientists Prepare a Sediment Corer for Deployment (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Scientists Prepare a Sediment Corer for Deployment

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A crane will lift the 20-foot-long coring device over the side of the R/V Oceanus and lower the corer to a depth of greater than two miles. The resulting sediment core represents about 40,000 years of time.

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Peter deMenocal

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