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Official account of ECORD, a management structure of 14 members (13 European countries and Canada) for scientific ocean drilling as part of the International Ocean Drilling Program (IODP3). www.ecord.org Imprint: www.ecord.org/legal-stat

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excitenetwork.bsky.social @excitenetwork.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🔬🤖 How is AI transforming microscopy data analysis? Join Thomas and Richard to discover how AI can automate complex analyses and accelerate research. 📅 24 Sep | 12:00–12:30 CEST 👉 Register now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/86ca4a... #EXCITENetwork #AI #Microscopy #Geoscience
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Just in time for your summer reading, the latest issue of the ECORD Newsletter is here! ☀️📖 Find the latest updates from ECORD and the International Ocean Drilling Programme (IODP3), including news, recent activities, expeditions, and what's coming up. www.ecord.org/resources/ec...
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
🌊 Applications are now open for the ECORD Distinguished Lecturer Programme 2026! ECORD is seeking outstanding scientists involved in #IODP³ to join its Distinguished Lecturer Programme and share cutting-edge research across ECORD member countries. www.ecord.org/call-for-app...
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
📣 Deadline extended! Registration, abstract submission, and travel grant applications for the 1st Electronic Ocean Drilling Program (E-ODP) Workshop are now open until July 30, 2026. 📍 Tongji University, Shanghai, China 📅 September 9–11, 2026 www.iodp-china.org/E-ODP_worksh...
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
📣 Special Call: Join #IODP3 Expedition 507 #GLACENS! Scientists from ECORD countries are invited to apply. Scientists from 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇳🇴 are especially encouraged. Expertise sought: 🔹 Macrofossils & malacology 🔹 Glacial sedimentology 🔹 Optically stimulated luminescence 🗓️ Apply by 30 July 2026.
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
📣 Applications are open for Science Communicators to join IODP³ Expedition 507! Work alongside an international research team and help bring cutting-edge climate and geoscience to wider audiences. 📅 Apply by 21 August 2026 iodp3.org/call-for-par...
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
📘 The ECORD Annual Report 2024–2025 is now online! Covering the transition from #IODP to #IODP3, the report highlights key scientific achievements, community activities, and international collaboration during this important period for scientific ocean drilling. 🔗 www.ecord.org/resources/re...
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Episode 2 of "Written in the ocean" features #IODP3NSF #Exp501 Co-Chief team Brandon Dugan and Becky Robinson @anzic.bsky.social @epc-research.bsky.social
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
New research on #Chicxulub suggests the dinosaur-killing impact also formed a long-lived underground hydrothermal system sustaining life-friendly conditions for at least 8 million years, far longer than previously thought. Based on #IODP Exp 364: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
🌊 Registration & Abstract Submission are now open for the first international #EODP Workshop!📍 Shanghai | 📅 Sept 9–11, 2026 🗓️ Deadline: June 30, 2026 ✅ Free registration ✅ Travel grants available www.iodp-china.org/E-ODP_workshop
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excitenetwork.bsky.social @excitenetwork.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🔬❄️ What’s going on inside Greenland ice? Join our experts for a webinar exploring how cryo-SEM and multi-modal imaging reveal hidden interactions between microbes, minerals, and ice in glaciers. ⏰ Thu 21 May, 12:00 CEST 🔬 From field sampling to cryo-SEM imaging 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3R5UQpp
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MARUM @marumunibremen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
If you still can’t get enough of #Geosciences after #EGU26? Check out the #ECORD Summer School 2026 ➡️ www.marum.de/en/research-... 🗓️ 7 to 18. Sept'26 📌 @marumunibremen.bsky.social 🔥"Past ocean currents and their effects on sedimentation and benthic ecosystems" @ecord.bsky.social
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
That’s a wrap for #EGU2026! 🌍 This week we presented new initiatives, discussed key topics with the community, and shared ideas and perspectives for future research and collaborations. A huge thank you to everyone who joined us! @icdpdrilling.bsky.social
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Erwan Le Ber showcasing successful operations of #IODP3NSF #Exp501. Main star offshore: pumping tests. Science is of course still on the works. More information: www.ecord.org/expedition501/ #egu26 #OFG #ECORDScienceOperator @marumunibremen.bsky.social @epc-research.bsky.social
Erwan Le Ber presenting IODP 3 NSF expedition 501Erwan Le Ber presenting IODP 3 NSF expedition 501
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International Continental Scientific Drilling Program ICDP @icdpdrilling.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Joint ICDP & Ecord/IODP³ Townhall 2026 at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna with an amazing turnout 🇦🇹 Huge thanks and applause to our wonderful Austrian hosts! 💐👏 Visit us at our joint booth #50/51 (ICDP & ECORD / IODP³) — let’s talk science 🌍
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
#EGU2026 is just around the corner! Join us in Vienna (3–8 May) 🔹 Find us at the Scientific Drilling booth (50/51) 🔹 Mon 4 May: ICDP–IODP³–ECORD Town Hall @ Austrian Academy of Sciences 🔹 Check our pop-up events: webforms.copernicus.org/EGU26/pop-up...
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The First International Electronic Ocean Drilling Program (E-ODP) Workshop 9-11 September 2026, Shanghai, China iodp-china.org First Circular (Call for Abstracts & Registration) more here👇 www.ecord.org/the-first-in...
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Still time to apply for two ECORD #Summerschools 2026 and secure a #scholarship📣 More info ➡️https://ecord.org/education/summer-schools/ And for ECORD scholarship ➡️https://ecord.org/education/scholarship/ @epc-research.bsky.social @marumunibremen.bsky.social
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EPC @epc-research.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
⏰ Deadline Extended! Applications for the 2026 ECORD Summer School: Downhole Logging for Marine Geoscience are now open until 20 April. 🌊 Proudly endorsed by the @unoceandecade.bsky.social 👉 Apply now: le.ac.uk/iodp/summer-... @ecord.bsky.social #OceanDrilling #OceanDecade #MarineGeoscience
Flyer for the ECORD Summer School “Downhole Logging for Marine Geoscience,” University of Leicester, 8–14 August 2026. The flyer announces an extended application deadline of 20 April 2026 at 09:00 BST. Applications must be emailed to epc@leicester.ac.uk. Participants collaborate around a table during an ECORD Summer School workshop.Participants examine and discuss geological core samples at ECORD Summer School.
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Join us in Vienna for the ICDP & ECORD Joint Townhall Meeting at #EGU2026! 📍 Taking place on Monday, May 4 at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the event will begin at 19:00 CEST (with guest arrival from 18:30). @icdpdrilling.bsky.social
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Dr. Sara Polanco @saraearthscientist.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Thanks to the Colombian newspaper EL TIEMPO to Juan David Escorcia Garcia for featuring my research from Expedition 501—freshwater hidden beneath the sea: a new frontier for water security. @anzic.bsky.social @ecord.bsky.social www.eltiempo.com/bogota/geolo...
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
A great opportunity you don’t want to miss, especially if you’re an early career scientist! Check out @icdpdrilling.bsky.social website and social media for more informations.
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MARUM @marumunibremen.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
“Young and Cool” Magellan³ workshop @marumunibremen.bsky.social: Experts develop new concepts for researching the deep biosphere using new observatories in basaltic oceanic crust. Learn more about it here ➡️ www.marum.de/en/Young-and... @unibremen.bsky.social @ecord.bsky.social
Group picture in front of the red-bricked MARUM buildingLogo
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Apply now for ECORD scholarships supporting young scientists to attend one of the ECORD Summer Schools in 2026. More info: www.ecord.org/education/sc...
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Another day, another blog article introducing the team members of #IODP3NSF #Exp501 Today we are featuring Alizé Longeau, PhD student at the Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG, CNRS, University of Lorraine) in Nancy. Read it here: expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/02/23/m...
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
✨ AND IT’S A WRAP ✨ Read about the end of Onshore Operations: the traditions, the goodbyes, and what’s coming next for #Expedition501. 🌊🔬 ➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/a... #IODP3NSF #onshoreoperations #scientificoceandrilling #NewEnglandShelfs
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Onshore operations of #IODP3NSF #Exp501 might be over but our blog is still running and we have not finished yet introducing our scientist. 👩‍🔬 Today is the turn of Valentina Rossi from from Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Read the blog here: expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/m...
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Not just hands-on science during #IODP3NSF #Exp501: a huge part of the work happens behind the scenes, deep in reports and documentation. Science doesn’t exist without the paperwork. Read more about it 👇 expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/d...
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
New Magellan³ Workshop!➡️ Go Beyond the Limit (GBL) Defining the termination of habitability & the nature of the non-biosphere through deep subseafloor drilling 📅 June 16–19, 2026 📍 Kochi Core Center, Japan (hybrid) 🗓️ Apply by April 3, 2026 More info: iodp3.org/registration...
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
🌍 Mentally drained, emotionally fulfilled. Thank you #Expedition501 team, it was a pleasure! Excited for the New England core science. The onshore phase may be over, but the blog will keep going: expedition501.wordpress.com @marumunibremen.bsky.social @us-sciod.bsky.social @anzic.bsky.social
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
We’re in our final days of the onshore phase of #IODP3NSF #Exp501, but we haven’t yet shared what happens to the “working half.” Once split, it becomes the focus of intense sampling and analysis, helping us unlock the story hidden beneath the seafloor➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/t...
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
While the onshore operations of #IODP3NSF #Expedition501 are coming to an end, we’re not done meeting the people behind the science. Today, meet Bryce Mitsunaga from @harvard.edu ➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/blog/ #NewEnglandShelfs #ScientificOceanDrilling
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
There goes the last core of #IODP3NSF #Exp501. #lastCore #NewEnglandShelf #ScientificOceanDrilling #picoftheday More Information: www.ecord.org/expedition501/ @marumunibremen.bsky.social @anzic.bsky.social @epc-research.bsky.social @us-sciod.bsky.social
The last core is being split. Curator taking both core halves for further analysesScience team looks together at both split halves of the last core.
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
New blog post: “Meanwhile in Bremen…”, building memories beyond science. Read the article here: expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/m... @marumunibremen.bsky.social @us-sciod.bsky.social @epc-research.bsky.social @anzic.bsky.social
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Following the path of a core arriving at the Bremen Core Repository for the onshore operations of #IODP3NSF #Expedition501➡️ the archive half Read the blog post here: expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/02/05/i...
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The Core Flow: the journey of the archive half
The long journey of a sediment core at the Bremen Core Repository (BCR) at MARUM begins with the core being split lengthwise into two halves (see: From this moment on, each fulfills a distinct role…
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
For the first time, a science team has directly documented and extensively sampled a freshened water system beneath the ocean floor 🌊 Discover the first insights from #IODP3NSF #Expedition501➡️ ecord.org/extensive-fr... @marumunibremen.bsky.social #ScientificOceanDrilling #NewEnglandShelfs
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Following the path of a core arriving at the Bremen Core Repository for the onshore operations of #IODP3NSF #Expedition501. 1️⃣First steps of the core flow: core inspection and core splitting. Read the article here 👉 expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/t... 📷 Cores before,during and after splitting
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
We’re now in the third week of onshore operations for #IODP3NSF #Exp501 at @marumunibremen.bsky.social and we still have more of the team to introduce! Today, it’s the turn of Mojgan Soleimani, postdoctoral researcher at @umontpellier.bsky.social ➡️ expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/m...
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
"In these moments language moves between literal and figurative" - New blog post about language, #ScientificOceanDrilling and core flow. #IODP3NSF #Exp501 @epc-research.bsky.social @marumunibremen.bsky.social @anzic.bsky.social ➡️https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/31/the-bloody-core/
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The Bloody Core …
Profanities have no place in IODP3, and the code of conduct is taken seriously by everyone on board. Language, however, has a habit of finding small gaps. Mild intensifiers do sometimes slip throug…
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Word(s) of the day Cretacious camo go nicely with our #pictureoftheday #IODP3NSF #Exp501
Colourful cores on a sampling table
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Meet the team of #IODP3NSF #Exp501! Today’s blog post features Cristina Corradin from @ogsit.bsky.social, who is taking part in the onshore operations at @marumunibremen.bsky.social as a member of the hydrogeology and sedimentology group. Read the article: expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/m...
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Meet the team: Cristina Corradin
Who are you? My name is Cristina Corradin, post doc at the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics of Italy, based in Trieste. What is your scientific objective for this expeditio…
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Deadline upcoming! Apply by Februar 1 (Sunday).
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
New blog post alert ! 🔔 Today we meet an other member of the science team, Leo Barbosa from the British Geological Survey #BGS, telling us his experience as operations manager on board of #IODP3NSF #Exp501 expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/l... #NewEnglandShelf #ScientificOceanDrilling
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Looking back: What was it really like for operations Manager Leo Barbosa?
Before IODP3-NSF Expedition 501, all my offshore experience had been on oil and gas rigs and never for longer than 14 days at a time. So the thought of living and working on an offshore vessel for …
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Meet the Science Team of #IODP3NSF #Exp501! 🚀 Today is the turn of Gretl King, from Binghamton University. Read the blog article here: expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/m... 📷Röhl@ECORD_IODP3_NSF #NewEnglandShelf #ScientificOceanDrilling
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Meet the Team: Gretl King
Who are you?My name is Gretl King, I’m a PhD candidate at Binghamton University, based in the state of New York. What is your scientific objective for this expedition?I’m one of two mic…
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Onshore phase of #IODP3NSF #Exp501 is still going on at @marum_uni_bremen🌏 Today’s #picoftheday is featuring some geological samples by 📸ChangLiu@ECORD_IODP3_NSF Check out our blog for more behind the scene: expedition501.wordpress.com
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Meet our Science Team #IODP3NSF #Exp501! Today: Sophie from @stockholm-uni.bsky.social #NewEnglandShelf #ScientificOceanDrilling ➡️https://expedition501.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/meet-the-team-sophie-ten-hietbrink/ @marumunibremen.bsky.social @anzic.bsky.social @epc-research.bsky.social
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Check out the beautiful cores drilled during Offshore Operations of #IODP3NSF #Exp501 - they do not only inspire scientific, but also cultural discussions in an international science team. #pictureoftheday @marumunibremen.bsky.social @anzic.bsky.social @bgs.ac.uk @epc-research.bsky.social
Image of a pizza and pineapples on it - poll oprions: Yes, Yum, No, Never. Drill Cores that remind of tomato sauce - this inspried a discussion of favourite pizza toppings in the science team - poll on the whiteboeard is still ongoing.

Drill Cores that remind of tomato sauce - this inspried a discussion of favourite pizza toppings in the science team - poll on the whiteboeard is still ongoing.
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Expedition 501 has transitioned from sea to shore. With 718 sediment cores recovered, nearly 873 m of core material, and >50,000 L of fluids, the science teams are now focused on sampling and analysis at MARUM. 🧪📊 #Exp501 #LabLife #ECORDScienceOperator #IODP3NSF #Exp501 #ScientificOceanDrilling
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Core2Core Symposium: "IODP Legacy Cores" as archives of warm periods in the geological past - REGISTER here: climatelegacy.uni-graz.at/en/symposium/
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ECORD - European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling @ecord.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Schneckenshift 🐌💪is the #Wordoftheday for the first day of Onshore Operations #IODP3NSF #Exp501 Meaning: Slowly processing the #firstcore after splitting and learning about standard procedures within #IODP3. #Hydrogeology #NewEnglandShelf @anzic.bsky.social @marumunibremen.bsky.social
First core is split during Onshore operations of IODP3NSF Expedition 501
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