Daily News
Project Acronym: GRIND | State: Operational Phase | Expedition ID: 5064
▾▴ Toggle Texts
▾▴ Toggle Images
◱ Full Size Pics
⊻ Bottom of Page
... (?TBD)
GRIND: 2023-05-08 ˇ
Sampling takes place from 08-09 May in Berlin Spandau
The first GRIND-Brazil Sampling Party is busy taking place from May 08 to 09 in the BGR core repository in Berlin Spandau. A team of international scientists meets in Berlin Spandau to sample the cores from the GRIND-Brazil cores.
GRIND: 2022-08-29 ˇ
20 Scientists from 6 countries meet to sample the GRIND-Namibia cores.
20 Scientists from 6 countries meet to sample the GRIND-Namibia cores. Within the first four days 724 samples are already taken.
GRIND: 2022-06-12 ˇ
The 111 boxes with cores of GRIND-Brazil are now ready to be shipped to the ICDP repository.
The 111 boxes with cores of GRIND-Brazil are now ready to be shipped to the ICDP repository.
GRIND: 2022-06-11 ˇ
End of Hole 3B.
End of Hole 3B. After crossing the contact of Tamengo and Bocaina formations at 115 m, we stopped the drilling operations at 123.10 m.
GRIND: 2022-06-10 ˇ
After two days of rain, the drill site is covered with mud.
After two days of rain, the drill site is covered with mud.
GRIND: 2022-06-09 ˇ
Rainy day at Corcal mine.
Rainy day at Corcal mine. Jhon describing the cores under the tent.
GRIND: 2022-06-08 ˇ
Cassio holding a complete, unbroken core of the Tamengo Formation in the drill site 3B (Corcal...
Cassio holding a complete, unbroken core of the Tamengo Formation in the drill site 3B (Corcal mine).
GRIND: 2022-06-07 ˇ
Drilling, marking, describing… Work being done in the GRIND-Brazil 3B site.
Drilling, marking, describing… Work being done in the GRIND-Brazil 3B site.
GRIND: 2022-06-06 ˇ
Installing the drilling rig in the new site Site 3B with NW-dipping Tamengo carbonate beds in the...
Installing the drilling rig in the new site Site 3B with NW-dipping Tamengo carbonate beds in the background. This drill hole will be inclined to cross the beds nearly perpendicular to the bedding plane.
GRIND: 2022-06-05 ˇ
View from Morro do Cristo, with a panoramic view of the Paraguay River and Corumbá city in the...
View from Morro do Cristo, with a panoramic view of the Paraguay River and Corumbá city in the foreground.
GRIND: 2022-06-04 ˇ
Today we are moving the drill rig from site 3A to site 3B.
Today we are moving the drill rig from site 3A to site 3B.
GRIND: 2022-06-03 ˇ
End of Hole 3A.
End of Hole 3A. We finished the first drill hole of GRIND-Brazil at 182.95 m depth.
GRIND: 2022-06-02 ˇ
The Bocaina Formation is formed mainly by stromatolitic dolostones.
The Bocaina Formation is formed mainly by stromatolitic dolostones. Our drill hole 3A has already crossed 120 m in this unit.
GRIND: 2022-06-01 ˇ
Our drilling crew (from left to right): Wallison Kennedy Ferreira de Paulo (Galego), Nelson Júnior...
Our drilling crew (from left to right): Wallison Kennedy Ferreira de Paulo (Galego), Nelson Júnior Soares Costa, Francisco Cássio de Souza Silva, Ozei Leite de Souza
GRIND: 2022-05-31 ˇ
Aerial view of the drilling site with the Corumbá city in the background.
Aerial view of the drilling site with the Corumbá city in the background.
GRIND: 2022-05-30 ˇ
Jhon arrived!
Jhon arrived! Jhon has arrived to join the GRIND- Brazil team! He will take over the lithological descriptions for Kamilla who has to return to the university for a field trip with her students.
GRIND: 2022-05-29 ˇ
More database work!
More database work! On Sunday the drillers had a day off. We used this time to catch up and entered all cores and all lithology data!
GRIND: 2022-05-28 ˇ
Closing the first boxes!
Closing the first boxes! We are screwing the lids onto the coreboxes to ensure their safe transport. They are being stored at the campus of the university in Corumba until the drilling is finished.
GRIND: 2022-05-27 ˇ
The Bocaina Formation is mainly dolomitic.
The Bocaina Formation is mainly dolomitic. It has a rich fossil record, comprising stromatolites and also a diverse microfossil assembly.
GRIND: 2022-05-26 ˇ
Melanie gave a nice introductory course on the ICDP database.
Melanie gave a nice introductory course on the ICDP database. We started to insert the lithology data into the system.