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Brett Longworth working in the NOSAMS facility.

Brett Longworth working in the NOSAMS facility.
Brett Longworth working in the NOSAMS facility.
Brett Longworth working in the NOSAMS facility.
Brett Longworth working in the NOSAMS facility.
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Kleindinst, Thomas N.
Brett Longworth working in the NOSAMS facility.
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04/20/2015
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Brett Longworth, research associate in the Geology & Geophysics department, loads a wheel of samples into the ion source of the National Ocean Sciences Accelator Mass Spectrometry (NOSAMS) facility. The samples of graphite, a crystalline form of carbon, are used by the NOSAMS facility to measure the sample's age using the carbon isotopes which have a specific rate of decay. This decay rate allows scientists to determine how old a sample is. The AMS facility can date many types of samples including seawater, corals, sediments, and rocks.
Photo by Tom Kleindinst
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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