Preserving prehistory

Weatherford Labs is carrying out dual-energy computerised tomography (CT) scanning of a core recovered from a crater in the Gulf of Mexico that scientists believe may have been created by the same asteroid that led to a mass extinction event 66 million years ago.

Core samples: from the Chicxulub Crater
Core samples: from the Chicxulub Crater
Published 16 September 2016, 00:00Updated 4 January 2017, 14:18