News tagged with drilling vessel
Drilling for climate change
Researchers aboard the drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution will finish their Mediterranean voyage next week to unearth thousands of centuries of climate data from beneath the ocean floor.
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Jan 16, 2012 |
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Scientists look to microbes to unlock Earth's deep secrets
(PhysOrg.com) -- Of all the habitable parts of our planet, one ecosystem still remains largely unexplored and unknown to science: the igneous ocean crust.
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Jan 10, 2012 |
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International research team to bore into tectonic plates off Japan
An international research team will use the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu to bore into an area where two tectonic plates meet to study the movements of the plates that caused the Great East Japan Earthquake, according to ...
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Aug 15, 2011 |
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Scientists study earthquake triggers in Pacific ocean
(PhysOrg.com) -- New samples of rock and sediment from the depths of the eastern Pacific Ocean may help explain the cause of large, destructive earthquakes similar to the Tohoku Earthquake that struck Japan ...
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Jun 29, 2011 |
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Volcano study lays foundations for ancient maps
Research into submarine volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean will lay the groundwork for scientists to map the Earth as it was millions of years ago.
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Feb 15, 2011 |
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Subseafloor observatories installed to run dynamic experiments
Marine geologists have returned from two months at sea off British Columbia, Canada, where they installed two observatories in the ocean floor to run innovative experiments at the bottom of the sea.
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Sep 07, 2010 |
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Scientists Explore Origins of 'Supervolcanoes' on the Sea Floor
(PhysOrg.com) -- "Supervolcanoes" have been blamed for multiple mass extinctions in Earth's history, but the cause of their massive eruptions is unknown.
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Apr 09, 2010 |
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Geoscientists Drill Deepest Hole in Ocean Crust in Scientific Ocean Drilling History
(PhysOrg.com) -- For eight weeks beginning in November 2009, off the coast of New Zealand, an international team of 34 scientists and 92 support staff and crew on board the scientific drilling vessel JOIDES ...
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Jan 25, 2010 |
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Scientists return from first ever riser drilling operations in seismogenic zone
The Deep-sea Drilling Vessel CHIKYU successfully completed riser drilling operations on Aug. 31, for IODP Expedition 319, Stage 2 of the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE). The CHIKYU ...
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Sep 04, 2009 |
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Successful completion of first riser-drilling operations in earthquake zone
Despite harsh weather and ocean conditions, and complex geological characteristics of its drill site, the deep-sea drilling vessel CHIKYU, for the first time in the history of scientific ocean drilling, conducted riser-drilling ...
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Jul 30, 2009 |
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First riser-drilling research operations undertaken in Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone
Deepsea Drilling Vessel CHIKYU has resumed IODP drilling operations in the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone off the Kii Peninsula of Japan. The scientific drilling expedition's first target is located in water depths of 2,054 ...
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Jun 29, 2009 |
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Tahiti corals clue to 'dynamic' glaciers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fossilised corals from tropical Tahiti show that the behaviour of ice sheets is much more volatile and dynamic than previously thought, a team led by Oxford University scientists has found.
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Apr 24, 2009 |
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