Coring Permian algal reef "Scorpion Mound"
By St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
1981 (approx.)
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Detailed Description
Left to right, USGS scientists Barbara Lidz, Harold Hudson, and Dan Robbin are coring a Permian algal reef, well-known among geologists and the oil-and-gas industry as Scorpion Mound, in New Mexico in 1981.
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.