Reconstructing History
When you consider how much magmatic activity occurred in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana forearc, the core from which we intend to gain…
Outline of A Scientist’s (me…) Day on Shift
Geek Blog 2: Why boninites matter….
So, why is it such big “news” that we drilled into boninite (that’s them, in the teaser pic!), aside from…
Sorting Data!
Haunted by ghost core!
Well, it’s really not as spooky as it sounds. As it turns out, ghost cores are always a possibility when…
A unique way to install a reentry system at Site U1440B
Since we have already drilled a hole at Site U1440 (approximately 20 meters from where we are now) and collected…
Houston, we've landed on….Boninite
A new drillsite, and working through a 3 meter heave…
I finally got myself to sleep after the excitement of our first cored rocks, but I left the computer on…
Geek Blog, entry 1: Some of the science behind my Leg 352 participation….
There be rocks down there!
At the back end of my last shift, a core came up with very little recovery. This is always suspicious,…