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Guest blog: Srisharan Shreedharan

Guest blog: Srisharan Shreedharan

My pathway into Geology My formal undergraduate training is in geological engineering. This included learning about everything from building tunnels…

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Apr 2018
By Aliki WeststrateDrilling, Earthquakes, Education, Expeditions, Geological time, Physcial Properties, Plate Tectonics, STEM CareersLeave a comment
Guest blog: Ake Fagereng

Guest blog: Ake Fagereng

I’m sailing on this expedition as a structural geologist, and as such my main interest is in how rocks deform…

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17
Apr 2018
By Aliki WeststrateDrilling, Earthquakes, Education, Expeditions, Physcial Properties, Plate Tectonics, STEM CareersLeave a comment
Two observatories give us stereo vision inside the slow slip zone

Two observatories give us stereo vision inside the slow slip zone

http:// Click on the location icons to learn more about each site. The Google Map may not work in all…

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16
Apr 2018
By Aliki WeststrateDrilling, Earthquakes, Expeditions, Geological time, Plate Tectonics, TsunamiLeave a comment
Watch ‘Old meets New’ – how we used the ‘lost art’ of rope splicing in our high-tech subseafloor observatory

Watch ‘Old meets New’ – how we used the ‘lost art’ of rope splicing in our high-tech subseafloor observatory

Watch Patrick Fulton explain how he learnt the ‘lost art’ of rope splicing to connect the chemistry instrument (‘ososampler’) and…

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Apr 2018
By Aliki WeststrateDrilling, Earthquakes, Education, Expeditions, Geochemistry, Physcial Properties, Plate TectonicsLeave a comment
Guest Blog: Hannah Rabinowitz

Guest Blog: Hannah Rabinowitz

Growing up in New Mexico, it’s hard to avoid the sheer majesty of the Earth and the enormity of geologic…

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11
Apr 2018
By Aliki WeststrateEarthquakes, Education, Expeditions, Geological time, History of Earth, Physcial Properties, Plate Tectonics, STEM Careers, TsunamiLeave a comment
Seamounts – are they an important piece of the slow slip puzzle?

Seamounts – are they an important piece of the slow slip puzzle?

As we mentioned in our last blog, Site U1520 sits at the base of Tūranganui Knoll. This is an isolated…

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09
Apr 2018
By Aliki WeststrateDrilling, Earthquakes, Education, Expeditions, Geological time, Physcial Properties, Plate Tectonics, Tsunami, VolcanoesLeave a comment
Deep in the Hikurangi Subduction Zone

Deep in the Hikurangi Subduction Zone

Click on the location icons to read more. The Google Map may not work in all web browsers – if you…

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07
Apr 2018
By Aliki WeststrateDrilling, Earthquakes, Education, Expeditions, Geochemistry, Geological time, History of Earth, Microfossils, Paleomagnetism, Physcial Properties, Plate Tectonics, Tsunami, VolcanoesLeave a comment
The stages of Te Matakite’s installation

The stages of Te Matakite’s installation

Our first observatory on Expedition 375 is one of the most complex ever installed because instrument packages have to fit in the…

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04
Apr 2018
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The observatory is like a Russian Doll

The observatory is like a Russian Doll

The stages of installing New Zealand’s first observatory To gain a window into this previously inaccessible environment, we are taking…

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03
Apr 2018
By Aliki WeststrateDrilling, Earthquakes, Education, Plate Tectonics, Scientific Outreach, TsunamiLeave a comment
One of the most complex observatories in the world

One of the most complex observatories in the world

Te Matakite, the sub-seafloor observatory we are installing in the Hikurangi Subducton zone, is not the only observatory in the…

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Apr 2018
By Aliki WeststrateDrilling, Earthquakes, Expeditions, Plate Tectonics, TsunamiLeave a comment
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