End of Expedition 364 Onshore Science Party!
The Onshore Science Party for Expedition 364 will come to a close on October 15th. The team hit, and exceeded … Continue reading End of Expedition 364 Onshore Science Party!
Tiny witnesses of time
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
Shattered Earth – Making Rock Flow
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
Putting the K-Pg in Chicxulub K-Pg Impact Crater Expedition
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
The skills of a geologist – Visual Core Description of the core surfaces
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
How CT scans help Chicxulub Crater scientists
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
A big performance in two halves
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
Looking at science with kids’ eyes
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
The Beauty of the Cores
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
They cut the Chicxulub Crater cores in half!!
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!!
