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Long Core system being installed onto R/V Knorr.

Long Core system being installed onto R/V Knorr.
Long Core system being installed onto R/V Knorr.
Long Core system being installed onto R/V Knorr.
Long Core system being installed onto R/V Knorr.
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Broda, James
Long Core system being installed onto R/V Knorr.
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01/17/2004
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 44, No. 1, Pg. 15:
Core mission.
Jacksonville, Fla.—Pulling ancient mud from the seafloor requires a long reach. In February, the WHOI-operated R/V Knorr was raised into dry dock for eight weeks to install 34,000 kilograms (75,000 pounds) of new decking and steel components. It was the first in a series of changes to the vessel to accommodate a 45-meter (150-foot) sediment corer, the longest of its kind in the U.S. When fully installed in 2006, the new long corer will function like a giant seafloor probe, extracting sediments that reveal the history of climate and ocean circulation changes.
Photo by James Broda
Copyright © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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