Seafloors Surfing the Asthenosphere (or, What is Seafloor Spreading, Anyways?)
The seafloor is spreading! The seafloor is spreading! To find out what this means, read on. Let’s say you were…
We’ve Got Core…Now That Takes Teamwork!
Yesterday, as Benoit said in his blog post, we got our first core on deck. It’s always been true in…
How To Measure Seafloor Spreading Rates in the Classroom
In this blog, learn about an activity that allows high school age students to use real data from previous JOIDES…
Funnel Cloud Off Port-Side!
This morning about 6am, a funnel cloud was spotted off the port side of the ship. The captain kindly made…
To Boldly Go Where Three Other Expeditions Have Gone Before
The JOIDES Resolution is currently drilling in a hole that has already been drilled during three previous expeditions. The JR…
Another couple of days before we start coring
Please forgive the somehow outrageous processing of this photo; it probably reflects our more colorful perception of everything since we…
Ocean crust cored since 1974
This graph shows the total number of boreholes that were drilled and cored deeper than 100 meters in oceanic crust…
The famous 1256D Panama hat
Here’s Damon Teagle, co-chief of Expedition 335. He was also co-chief of ODP Leg 206, and IODP Expedition 309, two…
Waiting for action in the lab
Beautiful Saturday morning, the sun was already hot at 8 am. The scientific party must still be patient… We are…