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…
Exp 375 – site U1518 pressure tubing (umbilical)
This video shows the first stage of installing the Te Matatike observatory. Here the team is strapping pressure lines to the outside of…
Exp 375 – Hikurangi Subduction Zone, Science Objectives
Expedition 375 Co-chief Scientists Laura Wallace and Demian Saffer and Core-log-seismic Integration Specialist Phil Barnes discuss slow slip events at…
GUEST BLOG: Adam Woodhouse – Micro Paleontologist
My primary field of research is the mechanistic drivers of evolution and extinction within single-celled marine organisms from the Cenozoic era (the last…
Introducing…the underreamer!
Each time we drill a new hole we have to first check our equipment on board, so we are confident it will work once…
GUEST BLOG: Robert Harris – Petrophysics (Physical Properties) Specialist
I’m participating on IODP Expedition #375 as a physical properties and downhole tools specialist. My primary interest is in the…
Hearing the creaks and groans of the Hikurangi Subduction Zone
What is special about the northern Hikurangi Subduction Zone? Subduction Zones are where two tectonic plates collide, and one of…
To the sea floor
This is a re-entry cone, it’s used when we plan to revisit a site in the future. The drillers use…
Core Science #2 – sampling the cores
A CORE SAMPLE is a specific sample a scientist chooses to do experiments on because they are interested in its…
Core Science #1 – What is coring and what does it tell us?
What is coring exactly? What we call a ‘core’ is simply a long tube of sediment (or when it’s harder,…