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Boreholes
Boreholes
Accurate measures of
temperature
Why Dig
Boreholes?
Result in accurate
estimations of
temperatures thousands of
years ago -- time period is
limited by depth bores can
be drilled
Helpful in determining
recent climate before 150
years ago
5 Centuries
of Borehole
Data
This means that temperature readings from boreholes may not be entirely
paleologically accurate
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