Expedition 398: A Story Told in 34 Cores
Welcome to a story about the formation of volcanoes! This book is a compilation of 34 very detailed photographs of…
Oceanic Crust and Age
Earthquakes and Plate Boundaries
Measuring Cores: Practice Using Rulers
Check out Measuring Up: The Story of Rock Veins for an updated version of this resource!
Finding Fossils: A Biostratigraphy Activity
Check out Tiny Giants: Microfossils Preserve Earth’s Secrets for an updated version of this lesson! The aim of this exercise is…
Density of Oceanic Crust
We made an updated version of this lesson! Check out Understanding Oceanic Crust Using Density. Certain properties of a substance are…
Core Understanding: Description and Lithostratigraphy
Check out A Technician’s Guide to Ocean Sediment Core Descriptions for an updated version of this resource! The shipboard sedimentologists are…
Antarctica and Neogene Global Climate Change
In this chapter you will build basic geographic and geologic knowledge of Antarctica and use geologic reasoning. In Part 11.1, you will…
Core Section Curation
Upon recovery from the drill floor, each section of a core must be identified and catalogued. A detailed curation system…
Drilling Rates through Oceanic Crust
Composition, structure, fracturing, and other factors may influence the length of time required for drilling through oceanic crust. The drilling…