Sedimentologists Hongbo Zheng (Nanjing Normal University, P.R. China) and Maria-Angela Basetti (Université de Perpignan, France) prepare an archive-half section for imaging by scraping the surface to smooth the texture caused by the process of cutting the cores in half. This must be done to expose the detail in the fine layers. (Credit: Ryuji Tada & IODP) [Photo ID: exp346_102] Back to expedition photos.