Expedition 340 Completed: Thank you and fare thee well
This will be the final blog for expedition 340. We began the journey filled with anticipation, setting out to gain…
Science Week 6 Lesser Antilles April 9-15, 2012
Mission Accomplished! The 340 science expedition has been completed. A total of 434 cores were retrieved with almost 2400 meters…
Meet 340 Curator Gemma Barrett: Splitting the Cores
This blog contribution was provided by 340 Curator, Gemma Barrett. Read on to view YouTube videos that show the final…
Meet 340 Research Specialist: Thomas Gorgas
This blog was composed by Thomas Gorgas, a 340 Research Specialist in the Physical Properties area of the Core Lab….
Live! Aboard JR: First-time LIVE! to South Africa
This week we welcomed students from South Africa aboard the JR, we think that these were the first students to…
IODP Science is International
The ocean is often what connects our sciences and our cultures. Scientists aboard Expedition 340 represent 10 nations, including China,…
JR Geochemistry Lab: Seeing the Unseen
On the JR located one deck below the Core Lab on the F-deck is the Geochemistry Lab. Here is where…
Science Week 5 Lesser Antilles April 2-8, 2012
Science results as reported by 340 Staff Scientist, Nicole Stroncik. Week 5 started in the middle of our logging operations…
Physical Properties of a Core: Double the Data
The Physical Properties of the seafloor formations (structural geology) describes the rock or sediment type and what conditions were like…
Florida, France, Iowa, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Texas
As we finish Week 5 of Expedition 340 many guests have come aboard to join us from classrooms around the…