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Exploring an undersea terrain sculpted by glaciers and volcanoes
Researchers found a fossilized seascape while studying the impact of a volcanic eruption.
An international team of scientists set sail on the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Falkor (too) research vessel in September to trace the volcanic ash’s flow and assess its effects. “Our observations will allow us to explore how active volcanoes affect marine environments and infrastructure, ranging from fisheries to communication cables,” the expedition’s chief scientist, Sebastian Watt, an associate professor in Earth sciences at the University of Birmingham, said in a press release. “I’m very interested in analyzing seismic data and correlating it with the layers of sediment in the core samples to create a timeline of geological events in the area,” said Giulia Matilde Ferrante, a geophysicist at Italy’s National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, who co-led the expedition.
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