Getting sediments from a lake (IMAGE)

GFZ GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Helmholtz Centre

Getting sediments from a lake

Caption

From a raft the team uses a hollow cylinder to punch through the lake bottom thus getting sediments with layers. The layers are called warves and preserve traces from historic developments and landscape changes, e.g. pollen or ashes.

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Achim Brauer/GFZ

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