Journals 2006/2007

Bill Griffith
Carroll High School, Southlake, TX

"Seafloor sedimentary habitats and shallow subseafloor microbial communities of the South Pacific Gyre" December 17, 2006 - January 31, 2007

Journal Index: December 13 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20                 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27                 28 - 29 - 31 January 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10             11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18             19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 24 - 25 - 26 Additional Resources

January 4, 2007
A Day in Transit

Most of the days in transit now have become pretty much routine. We spend time catching up. Each site brings up many samples that must be processed, analyzed, and preserved for still later analysis back at land-based labs. All samples are recorded by log numbers that are uniform throughout the system. When the chemistry lab gets its sediment samples, the numbers are recorded within both hand written and computer logs. Each sample is then processed (squeezed and water analysis), again labels are used on all test tubes or devices reflecting the sample being processed. It is all very precise to prevent the lost or misinterpretation of any samples collected.

Steve, the lead scientist, advises that all data will be eventually collected into a single data file available for all scientist and their investigations. I hope to get a copy of this file to also show to my classes and demonstrate proper scientific methodology.