If you want to read the history of the Baltic Sea from the composition of a sediment core you need to know its age. We’ll date the cores with a wide range of instruments on shore and hope to have samples that capture the last 130 thousand years.
AarnoKotilainen@ECORD_IODP
But, we’re also trying to get a first idea of the age now. That’s why specialists in micropaleontology and sedimentology look at small samples from every 3 m of core directly. They touch, taste, sieve and wash the samples and study them microscopically in their search for tell tale signs of environmental change.
NadineQuintanaKrupinski@ECORD_IODP
Low salinity pore waters can be indicative of former lake sediments. This is why pore water salinity is one of the first things the geochemists on board measure.
NadineQuintanaKrupinski@ECORD_IODP
We also get a lot of information on sediment composition from the geophysical measurements done on whole core sections.
CaptainNikhilKanetkar@ECORD_IODP
On every shift, there are people responsible for these tasks. Meet some of the night shift team, from right to left: Andrea, Michael, Thorsten, Nadine, Patrizia, Bo, Outi (with Barry’s helmet just visible behind her), Annette, Mary and Caroline (that's me).
NadineQuintanaKrupinski@ECORD_IODP
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