Core description on land vs. core description at sea
The Chicxulub K-Pg Impact Crater expedition 364 scientists are in Bremen, Germany right now. They are describing the cores they…
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…
The Ninety East Ridge
The Ninety-East Ridge (NER) is 5000 km long linear bathymetric feature striking more or less paralle to the 90°E meridian…
Incoming! Oblique Subduction at the Sunda Subduction Zone
The Indian and Australian Plates plow northeast into the Sumatra subduction zone, part of the larger Sunda subduction zone, at a…
The Earthquake that Triggered Expedition 362
In 2004, a magnitude 9.2 earthquake struck the northern Sumatra region and triggered a tsunami that inundated the Indian Ocean…
The Chicxulub Crater just landed on Bremen, Germany
The IODP expedition that began in April in the Gulf of Mexico is kicking off its onshore phase today in…
Family portrait
We have 4 micropaleontologists on board during Expedition 362 who are working together to track the age of the core….
Daily Science Report Explained
Each day, our Staff Scientist/Expedition Project Manager sends out an update to the ship and to our colleagues on shore….
How we drill and core in hard sediments and rocks
When we want to drill into hard sediments and rocks, we have to change the drill bit. In the deeper…
From Mud to Rocks
Agnes just gave us a nice primer on mud. But what happens next to make mud into a rock? First, we…