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All the core!

8/8/2012

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Today was a day of action for me! I was at the Exploration Data Centre (EDC) in Zillimere, Brisbane today looking at drill core of the Winton Formation taken from near Isisford and Blackall in the 1980's. I wanted to see if there were any rocks/sedimentary structures similar to those in my dinosaur concretions. And, luckily, there are 2 or 3 contenders! I'll get those lucky bits of core thin sectioned, and then be able to make a finer scale comparison. This also makes up for the missed field sampling opportunities due to torrential rain during our July field trip.

I got to meet one of my co-supervisors face-to-face for the first time! He's based outside of Brisbane and we'd only ever spoken over Skype up until now. I also met up with his PhD student (and my main supervisor is his co-supervisor, which technically makes us academic siblings!)
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I was taken on a tour of the EDC, and shown the thousands and thousands of trays and boxes of drill core, rock chips, and thin sections housed there. I also got to see a HyLogger in action, with the drill core tray (sitting on an automatic moving bench) neatly zipping back and forth under the stationary photography and laser equipment (see image left). The result is a high resolution image of the whole core, plus reflectivity data indicating types of minerals present and their precise locations in the core.
So all in all, a very productive day, and hopefully a productive day tomorrow too!
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    Dr Caitlin Syme is a palaeontologist studying the taphonomy (preservation state) of fossil non-avian dinosaurs, crocodiles and fish from the Winton Formation, Queensland, Australia. Think forensic science or CSI for fossils, and you're on the right track!

    Posts on this blog focus mainly on vertebrate palaeontology and taphonomy, as well early career researcher (ERC) productivity tips and insights.


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