In this slice of an episode of the excellent television series, Faces of Earth, about the ever changing planet we live on, you can watch geoscientists use the Itrax core scanner from Cox Analytical Systems, to learn more about the earth´s climate changes.
"This extraordinary scanner allows scientist to examine laminations or layers of sediments in the core, a little thicker than a piece of paper. Previously, sediment cores could be dated in terms of decades, now we can see things that represent months which allows scientists to learn about seasonal conditions among other things."

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