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Jan. 30, 2009
A Library Of Mud
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Dig into the world's largest collection of ocean sediments. Peter deMenocal, a marine geologist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and Rusty Lotti Bond, curator of the Deep Sea Sample Repository, show off the collection and explain what it's good for.
Music courtesy of Enrichment Center Percussion Ensemble.Edited by Annette Heist. Produced by Flora Lichtman
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Brilliant Blunders
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