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News Release 11-131
Scientists Study Earthquake Triggers in Pacific Ocean
Samples of rock, sediment from beneath the sea-floor help explain quakes like Japan's
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The scientific drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution in Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
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The CRISP research site is located 174 km (108 miles) off Costa Rica.
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A view of the rig floor of the scientific drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution.
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Geologist Kristin Hillis labels newly retrieved sediment cores in a shipboard lab.
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Scientists Michael Stipp and Masaoki Uno choose samples to analyze back at their home institutions.
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