sediment
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These chemical fossils are traces of biological molecules once produced by living organisms that were later buried, altered, and locked into sediment for hundreds of millions of years.
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Other samples were combined with water and materials commonly found in Martian sediment, including silicate based rocks and clay.
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Nearby were partial skeletons of long necked dinosaurs preserved in river sediments, pointing to a forested inland environment crisscrossed by waterways.
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The work began with Appler's Ph.D. research at The University of Texas Marine Science Institute in 2019, when she extracted DNA from marine sediments.
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She took soil samples because there is concern that the sewage deposited bacteria in the sediment and that people could be exposed to it later.
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