Lake Coring at Sunday Lake (IMAGE)

Northern Arizona University

Lake Coring at Sunday Lake

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To collect sediment samples from lakes in Alaska, NAU researchers often travel by floatplanes and spend days working from a floating platform, using hand-operated weights to tap collection tubes upward of 20 feet into the lake bottom, such as this one at Sunday Lake.

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Northern Arizona University

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