The first shipboard sampling meeting. Neil Banerjee (center; Staff Scientist, IODP-USIO) explains the Expedition 312 sampling procedures to (from left to right) Shusaka Yamazaki (Igneous Petrologist, Niigata University, Japan), Nobuo Hirano (Inorganic Geochemist, Tohoku University, Japan), Stephanie Ingle (Inorganic Geochemist, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA), Ani Tikku (Physical Properties Specialist, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA), and Doug Wilson (Paleomagnetist, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA). In the background on the right are David Christie (top; Igneous Petrologist, Oregon State University, USA) and Nick Hayman (Structural Geologist, Duke University, USA). In the foreground, Damon Teagle (left; Metamorphic Petrologist, University of Southampton, U.K.) and Sumio Miyashita (Co-Chief Scientist, Niigata University, Japan) focus on samples. [Photo ID: exp312_051] Back to expedition photos.