A few tidbits about life on the JR
Aside from the gentle rocking motion, the 12-hour shifts, the vacuum toilets, the noise of 12 thrusters keeping us in place, and…
Fifty shades of grey
When I saw this core in the core lab, I immediately asked myself (which I am doing all the…
So, what exactly is a diatom paleontologist…?
Hi, everyone! I will be sporadically blogging about my time sailing on the Joides Resolution as a diatom paleontologist during…
We reached the sea floor!
The drilling process is controlled from the rig floor. The pipes are stored in a large rack, located aft of…
Mosquitoes the size of what?!
A few of us realized recently that it’s hard to picture the JOIDES (a 143 m ship) lowering a drill…
Sampling Sampler
After the core comes on deck at the catwalk and whole-round samples are taken for fossils and chemistry, it comes…
Underwater beach?!
So today’s post will be short — I’m off shift now and would really like to get some sleep before…
50 Years Ago Today in Geology…
Fifty years ago the world looked very different to geologists. Not only was most television still in black and white,…
Core on deck!
Expedition 355 is now officially in business. Around 2:45 AM local time our very first core arrived on deck at…
Tick tock
We arrived at the first site early this morning, only a few hours after I fell asleep. But I’m told…