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> The drill reached 4,776 meters and the deepest core was collected at 1,177 meters So they did 3,599m of drilling for no purpose? This seems inexplicable, per
by denton-scratch 3y ago
> The drill reached 4,776 meters and the deepest core was collected at 1,177 meters
So they did 3,599m of drilling for no purpose? This seems inexplicable, perhaps I'm misreading it.
- seszett 3y agoI think the journalist just didn't understand exactly what this mission did[0]. It drilled through 1 177 meters of rock, in a place where the ocean floor was 4 776 meters below the surface. [0]http://publications.iodp.org/proceedings/370/101/370_101.html http://publications.iodp.org/proceedings/370/101/370_101.htm...
- klyrs 3y ago> Our primary objective during Expedition 370 was to study the relationship between the deep subseafloor biosphere and temperature. Not "no purpose."