How to Read a Rock, Vol. 1: A Free Graphic Novel
For the scientists of the International Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), the rocks and sediment in the cores drilled by the…
Measuring Cores: Practice Using Rulers
Antarctic Log Comic – Expedition 379: Amundsen Sea
A team of 116 ship crew, scientists, technicians, and communicators took to the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica’s fastest-warming sea aboard the…
From the Mountains to the Ocean
In 2004, a magnitude >9 earthquake struck North Sumatra and the Andaman-Nicobar islands leading to a huge tsunami. In order…
Uncovering Earth’s Secrets: a free children’s book
How to download the ebook: For iPads and Macs: Uncovering Earth’s Secrets was designed specifically to fit on an iPad screen….
Core Understanding: Description and Lithostratigraphy
The shipboard sedimentologists are responsible for describing the lithology and stratigraphy of sediments and sedimentary rocks that are recovered by…
Core Section Curation
Upon recovery from the drill floor, each section of a core must be identified and catalogued. A detailed curation system…
A “Bit” of Engineering
After the core is brought up on deck, the technicians notify the rest of the crew by yelling, “CORE ON DECK!”…
The “Hole” Story about Ocean Cores
Lab groups can work together to examine high resolution photos and data from four cores taken at various depths in…
Tahitian Sea Level Change Core (IODP 310)
The two 30cm replicas of 310-20A-22R-2 display coral sandstone and massive coral (Porites) in growth position with interbedded microbiolites (organosedimentary…