Onboard, cores may be split open for inspection. The oldest sediments recovered on this cruise go back 350,000 years. Colleagues from Boston University, the University of California and Brown University discuss a fresh core. http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/07/09/investigating-the-world%E2%80%99s-oceans-pole-to-pole-and-deep-below-the-bottom/
Colleagues from Boston University, the University of California and Brown University discuss a fresh core
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