The Batagay Crater is self-excavating, and each year it reveals new, well-defined cross-sections of its geological history, with geologists able to sample ice structure, sediment composition, and biomass remains from each layer to compile a climate and fauna history stretching back 650,000 years.
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“the Batagay Crater is self-excavating, and each year it reveals new, well-defined cross-sections of its geological history...Geologists can sample the ice structure, sediment composition, and biomass remains from each layer of the permafrost cake, and compile a history of the region that stretches back 650,000 years.”
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