Geoscientists Drill Deepest Hole in Ocean Crust in Scientific Ocean Drilling History
Monday, January 25, 2010 - 18:07
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- For eight weeks beginning in November 2009, off the coast of New Zealand, an international team of 34 scientists and 92 support staff and crew on board the scientific drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution (JR) were at work investigating sea-level change in a region called the Canterbury Basin. It proved to be a record-breaking trip for the research team.