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…
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…
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 – we talk to scientists about their core samples
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,…
Hikurangi – the origins of this sacred name
Hikurangi Te Toka Tapu Crew on the JOIDES Resolution found themselves looking due west at a majestic Mt Hikurangi on…