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Scientific Ocean Drilling Vessel

JOIDES Resolution Facilities

These pages detail the laboratories, accommodations, and drilling capabilities of the D/V JOIDES Resolution.

FANTAIL BRIDGE CORE FO’C’S’LE MAIN F ’TWEEN L ’TWEEN QUARTERS HOLD U ’TWEEN A ’TWEEN CONTAINER DERRICK THRUSTERS THRUSTERS BRIDGE DP MOONPOOL RIG FLOOR Accomodations on Core through ’Tween decks Ship’s bridge and dynamic positioning systems, radio room, & Captain’s quarters Hold deck: refrigerated core storage Forward ’Tween deck: lounge, movie room, & gym Lower ’Tween deck: IT office, developer office, data center, & science user room Upper ’Tween deck: supplies storage & logistics shop Aft ’Tween deck: bulk storage Main deck: mess hall, galley, food storage, & laundry Fo’c’s’le deck: chemistry, microbiology, sample prep, X-ray, thin sections, conference room, staff office, imaging office, publications office, & hospital Core deck: core receiving, splitting & sampling, description, paleontology, microscopy, paleomagnetism, petrophysics, stratigraphic correlation, downhole measurements, & electronics shop Bridge deck: science office, technical support office, operations office, & nitrogen generator Rig floor, derrick, and moonpool Core deck: expedition-specific science container Thrusters used to hold the ship’s position with the dynamic positioning system Fantail: underway geophysics

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