Sampling Party
Unfortunately not the sort of party that many of us would like to attend now that thoughts of the soft…
Volcanic sediments
Today may be a bit cloudy outside but this did not dampen our spirits as we were buoyed by news…
Between a rock and very hard place
Between a rock and a very hard place
We awoke today to bad news about the drilling. Just after midnite the drill bit encountered an especially hard object…
Colors of deep sea sediments
Covered by more than 4000 meters of water in the South China Sea, deep sea sediments come out to the…
Mysterious sand
Slow but steady progress today on the ship. We are bringing up small volumes of sand that was largely unexpected…
Deeper and Deeper
We are now almost half way to basement here at Site U1431 and the hole is fighting us a little…
Smoother going
Today has been a much smoother day of operations for us in the core lab now that we are getting…
My first post!
Oh hi! My name is Julia DeMarines and I'm delighted to be one of your expedition 350 blogger on the JOIDES…