Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Subseafloor Observatories Installed to Run Dynamic Experiments

Subseafloor Observatories Installed to Run Dynamic Experiments
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:06:00 -0500

Photo of a welder working on a reentry cone used to guide drill pipe into the ocean floor.

Marine geologists have returned from two months at sea off British Columbia, Canada, where they installed two observatories in the ocean floor to run innovative experiments at the bottom of the sea.

The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) "Juan de Fuca Ridge-Flank Hydrogeology" expedition--Expedition 327--left Victoria, Canada, on July 9th and returned on September 5th.

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