Understanding the Moon Pool (or, How Does the JR Keep From Sinking?)
There is a hole in the bottom of the JOIDES Resolution. And not a small one – it’s 22 feet…
Super Steve: Interview with JR Operations Superintendent Steve Midgley
Steve Midgley completed his bachelor’s degree in Marine Engineering at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Steve began his career…
Drilling into the Depths of the Bengal Fan
Preparations are underway at our third and deepest site. Our target depth is 1500 meters below the seafloor, which is…
Our Coring Toolkit
A few days ago we broke the scientific ocean drilling record for the deepest APC core ever obtained (687.4 meters below the…
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Et le logging !
La dernière carotte est certes bien arrivée à bord mais le travail continu, et commence même pour Trévor et Johanna !…
On l’a fait !!!
Ready to go home!!!
We heard the last "core on deck" of Expedition 339… after recovering core 36R from 671.5 mbsf on Site U1391…
Why are we drilling more than one hole at each site?
One of the main objectives of Expedition 339 is to obtain a series of high-resolution, undisturbed, and continuous sedimentary records…
Coring systems and sediment core quality
Once the vessel is positioned at a site, the thrusters are lowered and a positioning beacon is dropped to the…
How do the scientists choose where to drill?
We had targeted these first two sites (U1386 and U1387) on one of the world’s best known giant elongate drifts…