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| Co-Chief Peter Barker examines a rock sample from one of the cores. | Co-Chief Angelo Camerlenghi at work in his office. |
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| Scientists (from left to right: Yohan Guyodo, Stefanie Brachfeld, and Jeff Schuffert) sample a core that contains a record of a magnetic cryptochron called 4r.2r-1. Cryptochrons are intervals of time during which short geomagnetic events occurred. Cryptochron 4r.2r-1 occurred about 8.6 to 8.7 million years ago. | |