One of our petrologists, in this case Christopher Smith-Duque, must assemble the broken pieces of rock within the core in…

The rock cores are coming! Most of the cores that have been brought up from the seafloor so far have…

The rock cores from hole U1365E are now being brought up to the core deck from the refrigerated room below….

Hey! I want to help too! The first cores containing rock, rather than soft sediments, was brought up on the…

   The first core of basement rock was brought on deck yesterday! There was a lot of anticipation, as we…

JR here reporting on today’s plan! The crew is still drilling into the basalt that makes up the hard rock…

Good morning! We started off day 11 at sea with a nice sunrise. The weather is breezy and cool and…

Now this is the life! Fresh air, wind in your hair, and a great view of the ocean. Last evening…

I know that the focus of Expedition 329 is microbial life in the ocean sediments but apparently the larger organisms…

Hi! Today we will talk about the types of coring that can be done. For the past few days, the…