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The core barrel is made of individual high-strength steel sections (yellow and orange) joined by couplings (burgundy). To resist bending, barrel sections at the top have the thickest walls (1 1/8 inches), tapering down to 3/8 of an inch at the bottom. (Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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Posted: February 29, 2008
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