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What Is All This Coring Stuff about Anyway?, Part 2

By Doug LaVigne · July 25, 2009 ·

ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- This is the second installment in the two part summary of the life of a core on board the JOIDES Resolution. They are the ultimate reason we are out here...

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What Is All This Coring Stuff about Anyway?, Part 1

By Doug LaVigne · July 24, 2009 ·

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ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- Okay, so maybe I’ve been remiss. I’ve been throwing lots of jargon at you in these blogs...

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On Seasickness & Science, Part 2

By Doug LaVigne · July 23, 2009 ·

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ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- I suppose I promised some seasickness in the title. Well here it comes. When I said “a little more motion” in my last blog, I meant a lot more motion...

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On Seasickness & Science, Part 1

By Doug LaVigne · July 22, 2009 ·

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ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- So the last few days have been a whirlwind of activity. We arrived at site UMK-4D and dropped a beacon...

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How Do We Map the Ocean Floor?

By Doug LaVigne · July 17, 2009 ·

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ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- So here's something I never had questioned before: How do we know what the ocean floor looks like?...

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Best Laid Plans

By Doug LaVigne · July 15, 2009 ·

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ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, EN ROUTE TO THE BERING SEA-- If you didn’t know, the JOIDES Resolution takes her name from the HMS Resolution. The HMS Resolution was a sloop in the British Royal Navy and the ship which Captain James Cook...

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Meet the JR!

By Doug LaVigne · July 12, 2009 ·

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ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, EN ROUTE TO THE BERING SEA---- For today’s blog, I’d like to give you some information about the JOIDES Resolution. She (and forgive my use of the pronoun, but I can’t help but to personify her) was just upgraded in 2008...

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Leaving Port

By Doug LaVigne · July 10, 2009 ·

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VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- The sun was bright this morning. Most of the science party and many of the others on board came out to watch as the tugs pushed us out. We had a clear view of the Olympic Mountain Range and...

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To the Bering Sea

By Doug LaVigne · July 7, 2009 ·

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VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- Tuesday marks my first full day onboard the JOIDES Resolution. We are still not at sea, but it is a start...

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