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Overview
BRIDGE DECK
Science office
Technical support office
Operations office
Nitrogen generator
CORE DECK
Core receiving
Core splitting/sampling
Core description
Microscopy
Paleomagnetism
Paleontology prep
Petrophysics
Stratigraphic correlation
Downhole measurements
Electronics shop
Science container
Lab chemicals
FO'C'S'LE DECK
Chemistry
Microbiology
Thin section
X-ray
Sample preparation
Conference room
Imaging office
Publications office
Staff office
Hospital
Lab chemicals
MAIN DECK
Mess hall, galley, laundry
'TWEEN DECK (forward)
Recreation
'TWEEN DECK (lower)
Computer & data services
HOLD DECK
Core storage
FANTAIL
Underway geophysics
Accommodations
Ship's systems
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Core Deck: Core Description Lab
Function
Depending on the types of sediments or rocks cored, the scientists involved in core description may include sedimentologists, petrologists, or structural geologists. The main duties include
- Macroscopic visual description of split cores
- Microscopic observations from smear slides and thin sections
- Description and measurement of deformational structures
- Preliminary interpretation of depositional, diagenetic, or deformational processes
- Selection of samples for shipboard analyses
- Acquisition of data with split-core tracks, including digital images, diffuse color reflectance, and magnetic susceptibility
Instruments
- New ergonomic visual core description stations and software
- Split-core section non-contact imaging logger
- Split-core contact core logger for spectral reflectance and point-source magnetic susceptibility
- Two Zeiss SV-II binocular zoom microscopes
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