Geoscientists Drill For Earth Secrets Under Arctic Lake
Friday, December 19, 2008 - 05:21
in Earth & Climate
An international science team drills for sediment and meteorite breccia cores more than 3 million years old, from a meteorite crater, Lake El'gygytgyn, north of the Arctic Circle. This longest continuous climate record ever collected in the Arctic will answer questions about Earth's paleoclimate.
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