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The Geotek RXCT provides non-destructive, three-dimensional imaging of geological and biological cores up to 155 cm in length and can also accommodate non-core samples of any size or shape within 15 cm in diameter. The RXCT is capable of both macro- and microscale imaging, down to 30 µm resolution.

For more information, please contact SFSL personnel at seafloorsampleslab@whoi.edu

SFSL personnel loading the CT scanner

Time lapse of a CT scan of a sediment core from Rhode Island

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Sample radiograph of coral
Radiograph of a sediment core from Alaska