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Geology work on Fishing Creek in Roanoke Rapids, NC

By Communications and Publishing 2024 (approx.)
A usgs geologist in a bright red PFD examines a large boulder along a creek.
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Arthur Merschat, a USGS research geologist, prepares to collect a rock sample for geochemical and geochronologic analysis on Fishing Creek in the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. Photo by Mark Carter, USGS. 

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