The Science Week 1: Lesser Antilles
We have completed Week 1 of Expedition 340. The next series of entries will be a summary of the science…
Cores on Deck: Receiving & Processing
These are a scientist’s favorite words when aboard the JR. These are the words that tell us that a sample…
March 2012
Abby’s Big Sea Adventure
Abby has spent a lot of time in aquariums but now she is headed to the open sea. You can…
January 2012
2012 and who/what’s the education officer on the JR
Last night we rang in the New Year in traditional JR fashion – on the bow. Our Spanish friends…
The “Age People” 2
Toujours dans le labo de micropaléontologie, il existe une autre espèce d''Age people": les spécialistes des foraminifères. A bord, ce…
Are you sure you don’t need to wear eye protection?!
Sometimes certain cores have high gas contents, probably as a result of high productivity conditions and organic material, and present…
December 2011
The “Age People”
Le labo de « micropaléontologie » se concentre sur les microfossiles présents dans les sédiments. Certains d’entre eux ont disparu…