Monday, May 24, 2010

IODP Exp. 318 Wilkes Land Preliminary Report published

The preliminary report of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 318 to the Wilkes Land margin of Antarctica has been published. It can be found here. Co-chief scientist Carlota Escutia also presented several talks at the European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna last week.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

ANDRILL paper fast-breaking paper (Thomson)

ScienceWatch.com tracks Fast Breaking Papers which have high percentage increase in citations in Essential Science Indicators of Thomson Reuters. From the fifth bimonthly period of 2009 to the sixth bimonthly period of 2009, for the GEOSCIENCE category, the paper on the record of the Antarctic Geological Drilling Program from the McMurdo Iceshelf (AND-1B) published in NATURE is the number 1. See http://sciencewatch.com/dr/fbp/2010/10aprfbp/