Deep in the Hikurangi Subduction Zone
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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…
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 – 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…
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,…
Exp. 375 – First core on deck!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csW9lq7veRY Geologists see sediment cores as a written history, it’s exciting and fascinating. The samples are studied for years, new…
Expedition 374 and ice sheet modelling Conversation with Benjamin Keisling, scientist onboard the JOIDES Resolution during Expedition 374
Benjamin, can you please introduce you and explain your research topics? My name is Benjamin Keisling and I am part…
Episode 2: Birth of the WAIS
Episode 2: the birth of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet reviews Expedition 374’s journey to Sites 2 and 3 on…