Let’s Split!
When the core comes out of the ground it looks just like a big, giant drinking straw full of modeling…
Describing the Core
I have talked about how the samples are taken, and how the cores are split and tested for physical properties. …
Cutting the core liner
Hey Kids! Now you can see how the core liner, which contains all the rocks, is being cut into smaller…
Visual Core Describers: Sedimentologist & Volcanologist
When a core has been recovered and processed by a curator and core technicians, the next steps are imaging and…
Ancient Icebergs and Polar Oceans
(blog posted for Sandra Passchier. Originally posted at: http://msuinantarctica.blogspot.com/) The team I am part of on board the Joides…
Sampling Sampler
After the core comes on deck at the catwalk and whole-round samples are taken for fossils and chemistry, it comes…
Trace fossils and faults
Most of the cores collected at the Site U1385 (SHACK-04) are composed by what the scientists call nannofossil oozes (i.e….
Labeling is Important
I don’t like removing these sticky labels; it always pulls my skin! As you can imagine, many cores are brought…
The Thin Blue Line
One of our petrologists, in this case Christopher Smith-Duque, must assemble the broken pieces of rock within the core in…
Correlate, Correlate, and Correlate
Hello everybody. I am Tats Sakamoto from JAMSTEC, Japan. I am one of the on board stratigraphic correlators who is…
Time Travel with the Paleomagicians
This entry is written by Debbie Thomas, co-chief scientist of Expedition 378. It comes from her Expedition 378 Odyssey blog, which…
Props to Phys Props
This entry is written by Debbie Thomas, co-chief scientist of Expedition 378. It comes from her Expedition 378 Odyssey blog, which…
Why Do We Re-Drill?
Short answer? This: I don’t know if you, the reader, has a Ph.D. in geoscience, but you likely don’t need…
A Numerical Tribute to Site U1553
This blog post was written by Elizabeth Sibert, a petrologist on Expedition 378. She can be found on Twitter as @elizabethsibert….
Leaving Guaymas Basin
Since Sunday midnight, the JR is underway on her return voyage from Guaymas Basin to San Diego. For the first…
The Origin of Life, And Other Stories
It is another day and life on the JR goes on. More rock samples are chiseled to bits in the…
The Fellowship of the Ringvent and the Mines of Moria
Ringvent does something to the science crew… it has a peculiar effect… normally sane people say, “I can spend even…
Reflections on the School of Rock
Reflections on the School of Rock, Thursday, September 19th I’m flying in a plane as I write this, five miles…
New Beginnings: Expedition 385T
Antofagasta is a place most tourists would never think to visit. It’s located in the far northern desert of Chile…
Career Spotlight: Sedimentologist Inah Seo
Inah Seo Interview Please describe your job duties while on the JR. What will you be doing on a daily…