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Sediment core nearly out of sampling mud.

Sediment core nearly out of sampling mud.
Sediment core nearly out of sampling mud.
Sediment core nearly out of sampling mud.
Sediment core nearly out of sampling mud.
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Roosen, Ellen
Sediment core nearly out of sampling mud.
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04/05/2010
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A little goes a long way in sediment cores, but there's not much left of this one laid out horizontally in a case. Seafloor sediment accumulates slowly as dead organisms rain down from the surface, building mere millimeters over many years. Scientists analyze a core based on the place, depth and age they want to study, and many researchers share, taking just pieces of it. Only a few slices (or ages) of dried mud remain of this seafloor core?you might say it's nearly out of time!
Photo by Ellen Roosen
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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