Guest Blog: Hannah Rabinowitz
Growing up in New Mexico, it’s hard to avoid the sheer majesty of the Earth and the enormity of geologic…
Seamounts – are they an important piece of the slow slip puzzle?
As we mentioned in our last blog, Site U1520 sits at the base of Tūranganui Knoll. This is an isolated…
Deep in the Hikurangi Subduction Zone
Click on the location icons to read more. The Google Map may not work in all web browsers – if you…
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…
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 – 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: 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…