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,…
A core’s life
Here on expedition 372, we have completed coring! Coring is only scheduled for one site and we cored to just…
Scales Are Not Just For Fish: Time and Space in Geology
Blog Series Installment #2: Space as Time When you make a layer cake, you lay the first slab of cake…
Biscuits and Gravy
Drilling can alter the core in a variety of ways. This morning, the core on the description tables is made…
Sampling Sampler
After the core comes on deck at the catwalk and whole-round samples are taken for fossils and chemistry, it comes…
Core Description Consensus
Coordinating scientific observations among 33 scientists and 24 lab technicians over 2 shifts is no easy task. But it’s very…
Let's Get This (Sampling) Party Started
CORES DESCRIBERS : 3 teams, 3 specialties, 1 goal EPISODE 1: IGNEOUS PET
IGNEOUS PETROLOGISTS Jim, Lyderic, Tomo, Chuan-Zou, Biswajit, Alessio They focus on lithology and mineral composition. They have to determine grain…
There is no core like Christmas core!
The JOIDES Resolution always does Christmas BIG and this year was no exception. It started with a performance by the…
Exp359. JOIDES. Some news about the sites
Yesterday we were on the Hole U1467D (MAL-09A, 4°51.0475′ N, 73°17.0201′ E; 487 mbsl) and Hole U1467E (MAL-09A, 4°51.04′ N,…