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…
Exp375 – CORK wellhead
https://youtu.be/HOgExZ74fx8 Connections made and tested, hundreds of feet of tubing precisely coiled and the wellhead on top. This undersea…
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…
Autumnal Equinox on the JR – Satellites, Sun and Easter
Every spring and fall (autumn) around the time of the vernal equinox and autumnal equinox, the ship’s satellite communication system…
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…
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…
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…