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Sampling

By Doug LaVigne · August 16, 2009 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- Cores come in 24 hours a day, 7 days a week when we are at a drilling site. They are processed round the clock by the technicians, and then the scientists begin... {Read More »}


Cutting the Cores

By Doug LaVigne · August 11, 2009 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- Every core that arrives on the JR has to be split into two halves at some point in the process. Much of the information contained in the layers of mud and rock is... {Read More »}


Video Tour of the JR

By Doug LaVigne · August 9, 2009 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- Drilling is going very smoothly on site U1343. We are almost done with hole C at this site. If things continue... {Read More »}


The Mystery of the Exploding Cores

By Doug LaVigne · August 4, 2009 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- Why do some cores explode? One of the problems we’ve had on this expedition is that some of the cores are a bit gaseous. As you go to the sea floor and below it, the pressure from the water above is tremendous... {Read More »}


Fire Drills and Emergency Rations

By Doug LaVigne · August 2, 2009 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- Today started with an early fire drill. Everyone reported to their assigned life boat stations with our emergency gear on... {Read More »}


How Do You Stop the Motion of the Ocean?

By Doug LaVigne · July 28, 2009 · comments No comments yet
ABOARD THE JOIDES RESOLUTION, ON THE BERING SEA-- The JOIDES Resolution is equipped with some of the best devices available to do her job. She is designed to move quickly on the ocean carrying a great deal of equipment and people to remote locations, and the ocean can be a rough place... {Read More »}


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

By Doug LaVigne · July 25, 2009 · comments No comments yet
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... {Read More »}


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

By Doug LaVigne · July 24, 2009 · comments No comments yet
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... {Read More »}


Digging Deep for Climate History

From July to September 2009, the scientific drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution is undertaking a nine-week expedition in the Bering Sea, drilling deep into the sea floor to learn about the environmental and oceanographic conditions in the Bering Sea over the past 5 million years. {Read More »}


On Seasickness & Science, Part 1

By Doug LaVigne · July 22, 2009 · comments No comments yet
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... {Read More »}

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