Visit to IODP Core Repository in College Station
On January 23th, QCL researchers Lorena Moscardelli and Peter Flaig visited the IODP Core Repository in College Station to look at some core from the minibasin province of the Gulf of Mexico. Gregory Frebourg who is currently working for the Mudrock Systems Reseach Laboratory (MSRL) and the State of Texas Advanced Oil and Gas Resource Recovery (STARR) project accompanied them to discuss sedimentological aspects associated with deepwater deposits. The objective of the visit was to examine cores that contain Quaternary mass transport deposits and that might also contain contourites. This research line is part of the doctoral work that Maria Prieto is currently conducting and it will be presenting in the upcoming annual meeting. Click on images below to view larger. Jan 25, 2013

Lesli Wood traveled to Jackson, Mississippi, on Thursday, January 10, to give a luncheon talk to the Mississippi Geological Society. Despite the thunderstorms it was the largest crowd they'd had on hand in many months. Jan 16, 2013