Sampling and photographing tsunami sand

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center September 2001 (approx.)

One photo shows a man examining sand in a hole, one photo shows two men photographing sand in a hole.

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Top photo: USGS researcher Guy Gelfenbaum taking sediment samples for grain-size analysis, microfossils, mineralogy, and chemistry.

Bottom photo: Two international researchers photographing tsunami deposits.

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Public Domain.

Preliminary Analysis of Sedimentary Deposits from the June 23, 2001 Peru Tsunami