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Radiolaria Skeletons - This scanning electron microscopy picture, magnified 100 times, shows skeletons of various forms of Radiolaria in sediment cores taken at Site 55 in the Caroline Ridge area of the Western Pacific Ocean by the Deep Sea Drilling Project. In life these tiny organisms llived near the ocean surface, and upon death their skeletons fell to the sea bed to become entombed in the sediments. Drill bit penetration of the ocean floor at the site was 429 feet and the water depth was 9,383 feet. By carefully studying them scientists can determine how long ago they lived and can learn much about the history of the ocean. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, of the University of California at San Diego, is managing institution for the Deep Sea Drilling Project under contract to the National Science Foundation. Scientific guidance for the Project is provided by the JOIDES Institutions

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Title: Radiolaria Skeletons - This scanning electron microscopy picture, magnified 100 times, shows skeletons of various forms of Radiolaria in sediment cores taken at Site 55 in the Caroline Ridge area of the Western Pacific Ocean by the Deep Sea Drilling Project. In life these tiny organisms llived near the ocean surface, and upon death their skeletons fell to the sea bed to become entombed in the sediments. Drill bit penetration of the ocean floor at the site was 429 feet and the water depth was 9,383 feet. By carefully studying them scientists can determine how long ago they lived and can learn much about the history of the ocean. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, of the University of California at San Diego, is managing institution for the Deep Sea Drilling Project under contract to the National Science Foundation. Scientific guidance for the Project is provided by the JOIDES Institutions
Creator: Deep Sea Drilling Project
Date Created and/or Issued: 1969
Contributing Institution: UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Photographs
Rights Information: Under copyright
Constraint(s) on Use: This work is protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use of this work beyond that allowed by "fair use" requires written permission of the UC Regents. Permission may be obtained from the UC San Diego Library program having custody of the work. Responsibility for obtaining permissions and any use and distribution of this work rests exclusively with the user and not the UC San Diego Library.
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Rights Holder and Contact: UC Regents
Description: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the SIO Deep Sea Drilling Project Records, 1961-1987
Type: image
Subject: Scanning electron microscopy
Radiolaria--Pacific Ocean
Deep Sea Drilling Project
Glomar Challenger (Ship)

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