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…
Family portrait
We have 4 micropaleontologists on board during Expedition 362 who are working together to track the age of the core….
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…
In the mud for love
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end”….
Everybody wants to be a cat
When you hear “CORE ON DECK- CORE ON DECK” (it’s always twice, not once, not three times, just twice), you…
What is a subduction zone?
If you look for the position of the JOIDES Resolution on Google, you will find that we are actually drilling…
Attack the mud!
Deep hole often requires several changes of drill bits. When you drill the bottom of the seafloor, we can use…
Tell me who you are, I will tell you where do you come from
There is an important question to answer for the sedimentologists: where do the sediments come from? One way to answer…
Fifty shades of grey
When I saw this core in the core lab, I immediately asked myself (which I am doing all the…