Guest Grim Reaper Posted November 21, 2003 Report Share Posted November 21, 2003 The antarctic, just a load of ice, a few penguins, a couple of yanks prospecting for oil not realising they aint allowed to drill there and not alot else right??wrong.......Have a look hereand then explain how they found a few microscopic shards in all that ice!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookworm Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 Interesting... :unsure: :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted November 23, 2003 Report Share Posted November 23, 2003 Core samples, Grim. Each 'season' lays a frozen layer which can be read . It's possible to extrapolate past temperatures from layer thicknesses and also atmospheric chemical content. Core samples are capable of telling us which of the earth's volcanoes were active and when. They will also yield up a lot of other information in time. Drilling for oil there is fart of an idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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