Baffin Island Provides Insights into Origin of Earth's Water (3 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Baffin Island Provides Insights into Origin of Earth's Water (3 of 3)

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The Cameca 1280 ims ion microprobe, housed at the University of Hawaii, was used to measure the hydrogen composition inside the Baffin Island and Icelandic rock samples. This state-of-theart instrument is able to analyze the rocks olivine-hosted melt inclusions, which have a diameter less than a 10th the size of a human hair.

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[Gary R. Huss]

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