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News Release 10-042
NSF Dispatches Rapid Response Oceanographic Expedition to Chile Earthquake Site
Scientists seize rare opportunity to map one of largest quakes in recorded history
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Scientists will map the rupture site of the 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile.
Credit: Jared Kluesner, David Sandwell, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
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The research vessel Melville will take advantage of an unprecedented scientific opportunity.
Credit: SIO/UCSD
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Melville's location off Chile when the 8.8 quake struck on February 27th.
Credit: Bruce Applegate, SIO/UCSD
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Melville underway on an oceanographic expedition.
Credit: SIO/UCSD
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