Some Coercive Forces: Simone Mantovanelli
It is difficult, to find a date to speak with Simone Mantovanelli. Since she is the only Palaeomagnetist on board…
It is difficult, to find a date to speak with Simone Mantovanelli. Since she is the only Palaeomagnetist on board…
It is difficult, to find a date to speak with Simone Mantovanelli. Since she is the only Palaeomagnetist on board…
Hidden within the countless layers of rock, sediment, and fossilized creatures beneath the Earth’s surface are fascinating stories of the…
Scientists gain a greater understanding of past climates and ocean currents by examining the core samples, the types of plankton and the make up of their shells from this area.
Our School of Rock (SOR) program is a professional development opportunity for formal and informal educators onboard or involving…
As I mentioned two days ago (internet failure yesterday, sorry), when the whole round core gets split, the working half…
The seismic profile is an important tool during this expedition. Seismic waves are a result of an earthquake as waves…
The coring parade began in the early afternoon at the rhythm of the “Core on deck”. The rhythm is given…
The drill string was lowered to the seafloor with the RCB in the afternoon for a seafloor depth of 528…
Recently, there have been a couple sightings of the cookie monster wandering around the ship. I know it might sound…
For those of you wondering, “what in the world is chert?!?!” stick around or click on the link to become…
It is Good Friday here in Columbo and a public holiday although apparently a Bhuddist not a Christian one, which…
Mobile alarms, oh, it is already 23:20. ‘Wake up’, mind strikes and forces me to get up from the bed….
I’ve never seriously studied sediments before. I’m used to working with “hard rock” – specifically basalt, which is rock that once…
A drill core rests silently for millions of years, buried deep in the sediments underneath the sea floor until we…
he main job of the JOIDES Resolution (or JR for short) is to drill beneath the seafloor and to collect…
When you consider how much magmatic activity occurred in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana forearc, the core from which we intend to gain…
The information that is gathered during these marine geoscience expeditions contributes hugely to our knowledge and understanding of how the…
We have had an interesting 4 days out here in the Gulf of Alaska at our 4th drilling site (U1420)….
The first core arrived on deck yesterday at approximately 3:40 am (AKDT), and the catwalk was filled with scientists, technicians,…