Incoming! Oblique Subduction at the Sunda Subduction Zone
The Indian and Australian Plates plow northeast into the Sumatra subduction zone, part of the larger Sunda subduction zone, at a…
The Earthquake that Triggered Expedition 362
In 2004, a magnitude 9.2 earthquake struck the northern Sumatra region and triggered a tsunami that inundated the Indian Ocean…
Daily Science Report Explained
Each day, our Staff Scientist/Expedition Project Manager sends out an update to the ship and to our colleagues on shore….
A Successful Story at Site U1480
We finished our first site with success! We’re now at our second site, so here’s a little summary of what…
Sampling Sampler
After the core comes on deck at the catwalk and whole-round samples are taken for fossils and chemistry, it comes…
Core on Deck!
These are the words we’ve waited to hear. Shortly before 12:30 AM (00:30) Tokyo time, the call went out: “core…