The Many Surprises of Life at Sea
Life at sea is constantly surprising. That fact is a surprise in itself. After a month or so onboard the…
Scientific Cross-dressing
The day passes pleasantly while we are doing two things: 1) waiting for the Mexican permit to drill on the…
Breaking the Sills Curse, At Last
To recapture what has happened on this eventful day: All night and day, rocky cores have been arriving. They added…
Seriously Hardcore
There is no doubt — we are now drilling into the sill. The next core brings an alternating sequence of…
CORE DESCRIBERS : 3 teams, 3 specialities, 1 goal ! EPISODE 4 Metamorphic geologists
This team is composed of Riccardo Tribuzio, Italy, Juergen Koepke, Germany, Toshi Nosaka, Japan, James Leong, Philippines, Qiang Ma, China….
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…