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…
Saanich Inlet Core Model (ODP 178)
The sediment cored at Saanich Inlet off Vancouver Island, British Columbia contains evidence of catastrophic flooding events – called Jokulhlaups…
PETM Core Model (IODP 208)
This core shows two time periods when a warming climate initiated a rapid release of carbon resulting in extreme ocean…
Palmer Deep Core Model (ODP 178)
This model shows seasonal layers (laminae) composed of different diatoms species that were deposited during the late Holocene and provides…