News tagged with sediment column

Drilling into the unknown -- the first exploration of a sub-glacial Antarctic lake is a major step closer

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have located the ideal drill site for the first ever exploration of an Antarctic sub-glacial lake, a development that it likely to facilitate a revolution in climate-change research ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 04, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

The Amazon River is 11 million years old

The Amazon River originated as a transcontinental river around 11 million years ago and took its present shape approximately 2.4 million years ago. These are the most significant results of a study on two ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 1

Scientist uses sedimentary record to uncover planet's past

(PhysOrg.com) -- The wind barreled across the ice at Daily Lake as Montana State University paleoecologist Cathy Whitlock and three students used all their strength to pull a metal pipe out of the mucky lake ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1