Filling the MUC with muck!

May 18, 13 Filling the MUC with muck!

Posted by in Instruments, Pacific, RV Sonne

Often times ocean scientists are interested in what’s happening below the water, on the ocean floor. One instrument used to sample deep-water ocean sediments is a Multi-Corer or MUC. What’s cool about a MUC is that it keeps the sediment-water interface intact. The ability of the MUC to preserve the most recent (top) sediment...

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Tropical Pacific geoscience

May 14, 13 Tropical Pacific geoscience

Posted by in Pacific, RV Sonne

It’s always nice to “have” to go to sea in the tropics, especially when it’s 10 C and rainy back in Halifax. Dal MSc student Liz Kerrigan and her supervisor, Prof. Markus Kienast, are currently sailing aboard the 98 m German research vessel RV Sonne between Kaohsiung in Taiwan and Jayapura in the easternmost...

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