The Sedimentologists’ Plight
Redrilling sites 1545 and 1546 for fresh microbiology samples has an unintended side effect: sediments that had been drilled before…
Core on Deck!
The first core arrived on deck at midnight just in time for the shift change; fresh seafloor sediment from 1,600…
Logging While Drilling (LWD): Operational details and scientific objectives
Expedition 372 has been a bit of a different expedition for most of the technicians and crew in that we…
Exp359. 24th Oct. Why are they looking for fossils ?!
When they have a core of deep sea sediments , the scientists have to make an age determination. How might…
From site U1459C we have a core that shouldn't be
Even Empty Cores Have Silver Linings
We’ve finished drilling at site U1459A, and it was certainly a challenge. It didn’t have the chunky fragments like U1458…
Excitement in the Magnetic Field
Meet the expedition’s palaeomagnetists, Millie and Daniel. They’re looking pretty positive, but they have had a VERY slow expedition so…
Drilling soft sediments = Hard work at the Core Lab
As we prepare to leave Site U1385 (SHACK-04) behind the scientists and the technical staff have been working hard to…