RIPPLE MARKS—The Story Behind the Story

Davy Jones' Locker, it might be called, this final resting place of an oarfish. In a darkened back room at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum Support Center in Suitland, Maryland, ichthyologists Jeff Williams and Kris Murphy prepare to break the seal of a time capsule, a faded jar the co...

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Main Author: Cheryl Lyn Dybas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2014-06-01
Series:Oceanography
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Online Access:http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/27-2_dybas.pdf
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spelling doaj-99306d80f79a4e28978535f4142b7c9f2020-11-25T01:29:12ZengThe Oceanography SocietyOceanography1042-82752014-06-01272101310.5670/oceanog.2014.55RIPPLE MARKS—The Story Behind the StoryCheryl Lyn DybasDavy Jones' Locker, it might be called, this final resting place of an oarfish. In a darkened back room at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum Support Center in Suitland, Maryland, ichthyologists Jeff Williams and Kris Murphy prepare to break the seal of a time capsule, a faded jar the color of yellow-green sea glass. A container that is a coffin.http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/27-2_dybas.pdfoarfishSmithsonian
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description Davy Jones' Locker, it might be called, this final resting place of an oarfish. In a darkened back room at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum Support Center in Suitland, Maryland, ichthyologists Jeff Williams and Kris Murphy prepare to break the seal of a time capsule, a faded jar the color of yellow-green sea glass. A container that is a coffin.
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Smithsonian
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