Most of us have heard about fossils like ammonites, Nautilus, Propalaeotherium or the Neanderthals. In one of the Chicxulub-cores a … Continue reading Tiny witnesses of time

66 million years ago rock was shattered in the Earth’s crust of the Yucatan Peninsula. Nearly instantaneously, once immobile granite … Continue reading Shattered Earth – Making Rock Flow

The official name of this expedition is “Chicxulub K-Pg Impact Crater.” Hopefully by now you know what “Chicxulub” and “impact … Continue reading Putting the K-Pg in Chicxulub K-Pg Impact Crater Expedition

Investigations towards uncovering the secrets of the Chicxulub cores are not all covered by instruments. With a lot of expertise … Continue reading The skills of a geologist – Visual Core Description of the core surfaces

The Chicxulub Crater cores have had an experience that IODP expedition cores rarely are able to have. That large machine … Continue reading How CT scans help Chicxulub Crater scientists

The working half of the core is having its big performance: Coming right from the diamond core splitter, it is … Continue reading A big performance in two halves

The cores were drilled on a Mission Specific Platform and the cores will be split, described, analyzed, and sampled onshore … Continue reading Looking at science with kids’ eyes

For me looking at the horizontal cores, this is love at first sight. I see lovely coloured GRANITE with beautiful … Continue reading The Beauty of the Cores

Back in May, one of the Chicxulub Crater cores wrote a blog post about what its life was like on … Continue reading They cut the Chicxulub Crater cores in half!!