From February 18 - February 22, a group of members from Yokoyama Lab went to Canberra, Australia for a research trip. Our main purposes were to collect samples from marine sediment cores extracted from the Sabrina Coast, Antarctica and to meet with other scientists to discuss research results and future research prospects.
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| First meeting at Geoscience Australia |
We first met with Leanne Armand and Alix Post at Geoscience Australia to discuss the cores we were interested in sampling and the analyses we expect to do. We will use Compound Specific Radiocarbon dating to create an age model as well as beryllium isotope ratios to determine periods of meltwater release or changes in ocean currents. After a brief presentation and discussion, we began to sample the two cores.
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| Subsampling one of the cores |
Many hands make light work, and it only took two days to finish sampling the two cores at Geoscience Australia. The remainder of our time in Canberra was spent working on our projects or in meetings, each of us meeting with different scientists whose research is similar to our own. I joined the meeting with Duanne White and his PhD student Matt at the University of Canberra to present my research results as well as learn about Matt’s research. It was a productive discussion which gave us a lot to think about.
On our last evening there, our good friend Pengxiang treated a few of us to a buffet dinner followed by a lovely sunset view from Mount Ainslie. It was wonderful to see her again, and we all enjoyed the evening.
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| View from Mount Ainslie |
