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News Release 08-170
Paleozoic 'Sediment Curve' Provides New Tool for Tracking Sea-floor Sediment Movements
Follows sea-level rise and fall between 542 and 251 million years ago
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Ancient sediments like these in Brittany, France, help reconstruct Paleozoic sea-level history.
Credit: Bil Haq, NSF
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The researchers' findings are published in the Oct. 3, 2008, issue of Science magazine.
Credit: Copyright 2008 AAAS
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