Color Traditions with Munsell Soil-Color Charts
Fig. 1) an open page of the Munsell Soil-Color Chart book The Munsell Color Chart has been the national standard…
Color Science and Ocean Cores
Color Theory Look at this core below (figure 1) and describe the colors and values you see. Fig. 1) A…
Core on Deck!
After a 5-day transit Expedition 401 arrived at its first drill site (ALM-03B) on Sunday evening, December 17! With the…
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;…