Able to drill at over 8,000 meters (26,000 feet) beneath the surface of the sea, researchers collected previously unreached sediments to try and reconstruct the history of volcanism in the area.
研究人员能够在海面下超8000(26000英尺)的地方钻探,收集以前未获得的沉积物,试图重建该地区的火山活动史。