Seriously Hardcore
There is no doubt — we are now drilling into the sill. The next core brings an alternating sequence of…
It’s a Sill!!!
Sometimes a picture says more than thousand words, as you can see in the top photo. It’s a sill!!! After…
The Challenge of Massive Sills at Site 1546
The last cores of our “cold sediment” standard site 1545 are coming up after midnight, from ca. 350 meters depth;…
What Can We Learn From a Smear Slide?
After starting a PhD at the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) and working on sediment cores recovered…
Impressions from the microscopic worlds of Brothers Volcano
Many of the scientists aboard Expedition 376 have been looking at tiny features in extremely thin slices of rock. They’ve…
June 15: Reddit “Ask Me Anything” (AMA)
Reddit Ask Me Anything session Friday, June 15 at 2pm EDT! Right now, we are towards the end of Expedition…
DIY Thin Sections!
Seeing Through Rock The crew aboard Expedition 376 are the first to shine a light on cores retrieved from an…
Haloed be thy vein
See this piece of core? Imagine you have to describe it to someone. With most listeners, you’d probably get away…
From Kiel to the Kermadec Arc: GEOMAR Scientists aboard 376
Karen Strehlow and Philipp Brandl of GEOMAR are running a blog about their experiences and research aboard IODP Expedition 376…
Exp 375 – Seafloor Observatories: Lifetime Beyond the Drilling
And we’re done! This expedition was a great success, we fulfilled all our objectives and then some. Watch co-chiefs…