Sieving sediments

 

Got some sediment sieves for the #geology department. Just giving them a little test before A level #geologists use them as part of their Practical Endorsement. There is something very satisfying about sieving sediments 😊 pic.twitter.com/SVYC6WJYWE

— Geology at Sedbergh School 🌋🦖🌏 (@SedberghGeology) September 24, 2021

Processing core retrieved from below the sea floor

#Catwalk action: night-shift IODP marine technicians processing core retrieved from below the sea floor at Site #U1566 during #Exp396 pic.twitter.com/OpiL7cIqxk

— Carlos Alvarez Zarikian (@cytheropteron) August 21, 2021

Tiny Pennsylvanian brachiopods from Iowa

From the collections @TAMUGandG … an example of the patience some paleontologists have for their fossils. Tiny Pennsylvanian brachiopods from Iowa neatly glued in columns in size order, with some other fossil friends. #FossilFriday pic.twitter.com/hWLAsIsZqT

— Christina Belanger, Ph.D (@BelaForamLab) August 27, 2021

Deep sea samples

On @TheJR , #Exp396 cores (samples from beneath the sea floor) are carefully and painstakingly curated piece by piece by @JRSO_IODP curator and marine technicians for shipboard and post-expedition studies. #norwegiansea #geologyrocks pic.twitter.com/vP3zVdBI5y

— Carlos Alvarez Zarikian (@cytheropteron) August 22, 2021

ROV Jason Dive 1319: sampling hydrothermal vents at the seafloor of the East Pacific Rise