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Article by Lincoln Pratson Reprinted in Special Issue of Scientific American

An article by Nicholas School faculty member Lincoln F. Pratson, associate professor of sedimentary geology, was reprinted this summer in a special issue of the popular science magazine Scientific American called “Our Ever Changing World.”

The article,“Panoramas of the Seafloor,”was one of 12 articles about earth sciences that were chosen by the magazine’s editors for the special issue because of outstanding content and continuing popularity with magazine readers.Originally published in June 1997, the article details the use of modern sonar technologies to map the U.S. continental margins, and to reveal the varied scenery that’s usually hidden underwater. William Haxby, a research scientist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was co-author.