Forget faster, let’s go deeper!
A white board in the core lab provides a quick reference to the depth the most recent cores came from….
Let’s do that again – but faster!
Expedition 397 has arrived at the second site, which in IODP lore is officially called U1587. From the deck of…
Act Your Age (or, What’s in a Number?)
This entry is written by Debbie Thomas, co-chief scientist of Expedition 378. It comes from her Expedition 378 Odyssey blog,…
Let’s Split
This entry is written by Debbie Thomas, co-chief scientist of Expedition 378. It comes from her Expedition 378 Odyssey blog,…
We Finally Have CORE! Now What?!
This entry is written by Debbie Thomas, co-chief scientist of Expedition 378. It comes from her Expedition 378 Odyssey blog,…
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;…
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…
Core Science #2 – sampling the cores
A CORE SAMPLE is a specific sample a scientist chooses to do experiments on because they are interested in its…
Core Science #1 – What is coring and what does it tell us?
What is coring exactly? What we call a ‘core’ is simply a long tube of sediment (or when it’s harder,…