The Sunda/Sumatra subduction zone- how does it compare to other subduction zones around the world?
What is a subduction zone? The Earth’s surface is divided into plates which have their own movement. A convergent boundary…
What is a subduction zone? The Earth’s surface is divided into plates which have their own movement. A convergent boundary…
The Ninety-East Ridge (NER) is 5000 km long linear bathymetric feature striking more or less paralle to the 90°E meridian…
The Indian and Australian Plates plow northeast into the Sumatra subduction zone, part of the larger Sunda subduction zone, at a…
In 2004, a magnitude 9.2 earthquake struck the northern Sumatra region and triggered a tsunami that inundated the Indian Ocean…
The IODP expedition that began in April in the Gulf of Mexico is kicking off its onshore phase today in…
We have 4 micropaleontologists on board during Expedition 362 who are working together to track the age of the core….
Each day, our Staff Scientist/Expedition Project Manager sends out an update to the ship and to our colleagues on shore….
When we want to drill into hard sediments and rocks, we have to change the drill bit. In the deeper…
Agnes just gave us a nice primer on mud. But what happens next to make mud into a rock? First, we…
We finished our first site with success! We’re now at our second site, so here’s a little summary of what…