Blog Posts Tagged "expedition 330"

I Flew Into a Burning Ring of Fire

Submitted by Kevin Kurtz on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 17:59
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If, like me, you had just spent thirty hours traveling from the east coast of the United States to Auckland, New Zealand, then while you were riding in the shuttle from the airport to your hotel, you also may have noticed that Auckland looks like it could be a city found on the east coast of the United States  (well, except for the fact that the trees

What is a Seamount?

Submitted by JR junior on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 23:26
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Yesterday, the JOIDES Resolution set sail from Auckland, New Zealand into the Pacific Ocean to drill on the seamounts of the Louisville Seamount trail. This may cause you to ask a lot of questions, one of which probably is: what in the world is a seamount?

Core Describers

Submitted by Rebecca Williams on Mon, 12/20/2010 - 12:53
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Hello. I’m sailing on the Louisville Expedition 330 and I’ll be blogging about what I do, the science onboard the ship and life at sea in general. This first blog will be an introduction to what I do.

Find Out Which of the World’s Volcanoes are Erupting Today, Today!

Submitted by Educator Ideas on Wed, 12/22/2010 - 15:40
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One of our main research objectives for drilling the Louisville seamount trail is to try to better understand what is happening in the mantle underneath it. Volcanoes and earthquakes are our most dramatic reminders that the inside of the Earth is not a static ball of rock: there is a fluid mantle that is causing the seemingly solid crust beneath us to move and change.

What do Hawaii, Yellowstone National Park and the Louisville Seamount Trail all have in common?

Submitted by Kevin Kurtz on Thu, 12/23/2010 - 17:29
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So your first guess may be “tourist destination.” That is 2/3 correct, the exception being tourists rarely visit the Louisville Seamount Trail (at least, not without a drill ship). The answer that is 3/3 correct is that all three of these places were created by hotspots.

What's so cool about Louisville?

Submitted by Rebecca Williams on Fri, 12/24/2010 - 09:05
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So, why have 31 scientists and 90 operation staff, technicians, ships crew and drillers travelled from around the world to get on board a boat in Auckland, New Zealand to sail into the middle of nowhere? To study the Louisville Seamount Trail of course!
 

Deck the Labs With Cores of Basalt

Submitted by JR junior on Fri, 12/24/2010 - 16:07
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Santa Claus, reindeer and gas station attendants are not the only people working on Christmas Day this year. Everyone onboard the JOIDES Resolution is working today as well. The captain and crew are making sure the ship is running smoothly. The engineers and roughnecks are continuing to drill into the seamount to bring up more cores of volcanic rocks.

Why Paleomagnetists Rule!

Submitted by JR junior on Tue, 12/28/2010 - 08:50
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Meet Nicola Pressling, one of the scientists on board, and find out why paleomagnetists have the coolest job you probably never heard of before.

Make a Seamount Trail in the Classroom

Submitted by Educator Ideas on Tue, 12/28/2010 - 18:16
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Learn about a hands-on activity that can help students visualize how a hotspot and a moving plate can create a seamount trail.

Why Starting a Relationship with a Hotspot is Going to be Complicated

Submitted by Kevin Kurtz on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 18:06
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Hotspots are like the strong, silent type. On the surface it is obvious they are very powerful, but it is difficult to find out what is going on with them underneath the surface, because there is no way to force your way down there.