by Brendan Reilly | Jul 15, 2020 | Cascadia H.O.P.S
The OC2006A Cascadia H.O.P.S. expedition is now over and it is time for the real work to begin, starting with CT scanning our sediment cores and then splitting and describing them. It was a great trip and I don’t think it could be any more successful than it...
by Brendan Reilly | Jul 10, 2020 | Cascadia H.O.P.S
It is the third day of the Cascadia HOPS expedition and I’m amazed by how much we’ve accomplished so far. On Tuesday we left Newport and headed to our first station. After a slight setback, we reached our first station close to midnight and began our first...
by Deepa Dwyer | Jul 7, 2020 | Cascadia H.O.P.S, Education
Aboard RV Oceanus OC2006A, we will be using various sediment collection techniques, and data measurements for the materials collected. This introduction series of blogs will provide a base understanding of these systems and data that are useful for oceanography. Our...
by Brendan Reilly | Jul 6, 2020 | Cascadia H.O.P.S
Cascadia H.O.P.S. has begun and all sailing scientists are onboard RV Oceanus until the expedition is over. The day started around 0800 hours with Paul Walczak and his coring team, Ben Freiberg and Chris Fanshier, arriving to begin loading the coring gear. As the day...
by Brendan Reilly | Jun 30, 2020 | Cascadia H.O.P.S, News
After months (years?) of planning, discussion, and rescheduling, we are now one week away from setting sail on the RV Oceanus from Newport, OR to study sedimentary deposits on the Oregon and Washington continental slope. We have a great team working with us, both from...
by Deepa Dwyer | Jun 20, 2020 | Cascadia H.O.P.S
My name is Deepa Dwyer, a Ph.D. student at Oregon State University! I’m very excited to join the Cascadia H.O.P.S. cruise in July; this will be my first scientific cruise. As my first cruise, there will be several unfamiliar territories and that much more to...
