IceTrek and the Cape Roberts Project: Activities

The Cape Roberts Project
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Activity: 2.2.2 The Language of scientists

Each scientist working on the Cape Roberts rock core, will have their own particular interest and field of study.

What language do scientists from Italy, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand speak when they are working together?
Do scientists use a special language to communicate?

These words are used to describe some of the science related to the Cape Roberts rock core. Find out what they mean.

biostratigraphy

chronology

diagenesis

geochemistry

geochronology

geophysics

lithology

magnetostratigraphy

mineralogy

palaeoceanography

palaeocology

palaeomagnetism

palaeontology

petrography

petrology

sedimentology

seismic

stratigraphy

Use the following resources:

F LEARNZ BLM 21 Cape Roberts Glossary

Now try this!
"The project will also provide a stratigraphic reference section and essential basic data for paleogeographic reconstructions, important for paleoceanography, for late Cretaceous and early Cenozoic times in East Antarctica."

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