Biscuits and Gravy
Drilling can alter the core in a variety of ways. This morning, the core on the description tables is made…
Scales Are Not Just For Fish: A Blog Series about Time and Space in Geology
Blog Series Installment #1: Introduction One of the joys of geology is that we study really big things like mountains and really…
A few tidbits about life on the JR
Aside from the gentle rocking motion, the 12-hour shifts, the vacuum toilets, the noise of 12 thrusters keeping us in place, and…
Sampling Sampler
After the core comes on deck at the catwalk and whole-round samples are taken for fossils and chemistry, it comes…
50 Years Ago Today in Geology…
Fifty years ago the world looked very different to geologists. Not only was most television still in black and white,…
Core on deck!
Expedition 355 is now officially in business. Around 2:45 AM local time our very first core arrived on deck at…
Core Description Consensus
Coordinating scientific observations among 33 scientists and 24 lab technicians over 2 shifts is no easy task. But it’s very…
in transit
The horizon doesn’t change much as we transit through the Indian Ocean at 14 knots (25 kmph=16 mph–I’m told this…