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This is the blog of cruise MSM71 with RV MARIA S. MERIAN as part of the AlpArray-projects More info

19.02.2018

To fish in muddy waters…

OBS waiting for ist recovery on the starboard side of RV Maria S Merian. Photo: Y. Xia, GEOMAR

Doing science at sea has its very own rules – just like the German soccer cup or DFB-Pokal, for which the saying goes: The cup makes its own rules. The teams dedicate many months to a thorough preparation, all options are evaluated, everything is double-checked, every tactical variation is considered and at the end everything […]

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Posted on 19th February 2018 by jsteffen
Posted in natural hazards, plate tectonics Leave a comment
14.02.2018

Ocean bottom What??

An OBS on the working deck of RV Merian. The orange cylinders are the floatations which make sure that the instrument will come back to the surface. Photo: Martha Deen

If you want to get an image of the Alps, you need seismometers surrounding the area. But how do you get the seismometers to work at the bottom of the sea? And how do you get them back? To explain this, we invite you to a virtual journey on board of the research vessel Maria […]

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Posted on 14th February 2018 by jsteffen
Posted in ocean observation, plate tectonics Leave a comment
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