Gary Acton

Assistant Director of International Ocean Discovery Program - JOIDES Resolution Science Operator & Manager of the Technical & Analytical Services Department

[IODP at Texas A&M @JRSO_IODP]

New publication! #IODP Proceedings Volume 372B/375: "Data report: paleomagnetic and rock magnetic observations" by @kpetronotis et al. published 5/23/2025. https://t.co/p6kOuckAaU
#JRSO #Exp372375 #NSFfunded @TheJR @NSF

[College Station @CityofCS]

Thank you to those who joined us for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony for the redeveloped Bee Creek Park and Central Park tennis courts on Wednesday.

View more photos from the event 👉 https://t.co/D20rjjMuwV.

[林千翔 (Chien-Hsiang Lin) @otolith_lin]

Our team was coring on the reef sediments earlier this year in the Green Island, Taiwan

[Leonardo Sagnotti @leosagnotti]

Joides Resolution in Napoli

[U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling @US_SciOD]

Scientists on #EXP402 shared why they thought IODP is important to them & the #public.

It is an impressive #program to reflect on as the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) phase comes to an end.

#scientificoceandrilling #sciencecommunication #collaboration

[U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling @US_SciOD]

Instead of #traveling with gallons of freshwater, we can make it on board!

Our #desalinator sits at the back of the ship & is maintained by our #engineering #crew. It is able to supply the #ship with all its #freshwater needs.

#EXP402 #drinkingwater #selfsufficient #offshore

[U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling @US_SciOD]

Thin sections are hard #rock pieces glued to a glass slide that are cut, ground, then polished to the thickness of a hair strand.

#Peteologists can study the type of #mineral & the #stress that was applied to the rock, all on a #microscopic scale.

#EXP402 #IODP #geology

[Gary Acton @gdacton]

Our data mining publication is out: https://t.co/pQ8r69fIEZ

[Gary Acton @gdacton]

Over 3.7 million IODP (#IODP) Gamma Ray Attenuation (GRA) densities and calculated porosities derived from the LILY Database: https://t.co/4iiU80lJsn

[Gary Acton @gdacton]

Over 34 million data linked with lithology: https://t.co/ebJpdpRFjT

[U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling @US_SciOD]

Meet the crew of Expedition 401. This incredible international team has made drilling, research, cooking, sailing, and so much more happen during the past weeks at sea.

Two more weeks to go!

📸: Erick Bravo, IODP

#NSFFunded #IODP #EXP401

[U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling @US_SciOD]

Week 7 has ended, which means we only have 11 days left for #EXP401 ! Lets make these last few days count as we look back on our best moments last week 🤩 #IODP #NSFfunded 📸: Kellan Moss, @Patty_Standring, @ErinWinick

[Jfieldscience @jfieldscience]

What an amazing experience it was to be reunited with this team of scientists. The diversity of research that will come from these samples is just awe-inspiring. Stay tuned for more information as the year goes on! #EXP395 #appliedscience

[Jfieldscience @jfieldscience]

This is what I am up to this week. I can't wait to tell all my Weston HS students about it! #appliedscience

[U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling @US_SciOD]

Not only are we studying the rocks pulled from beneath the ocean floor, our geochemists on board are also analyzing the water trapped within them. Inorganic geochemist Clara Blättler from @GeoSci_UChicago explains what we can learn from this liquid.
#NSFFunded #IODP #EXP401

[Gary Acton @gdacton]

https://t.co/ll6rDOjmHk

[Gary Acton @gdacton]

Techno-optimism for 2024, by @Noahpinion https://t.co/69mE2Japa8

[U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling @US_SciOD]

Core on deck!

Around 4:50am GMT on December 18, the #Exp401 crew got the expedition’s first core! After resting to get to room temperature, the first core descriptions and analysis began mid-day. Learn more: https://t.co/eGrGDnl8k5

#NSFFunded #IODP

[U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling @US_SciOD]

An exciting first day of core on deck! You can see everyone's excitement as the science truly begins #EXP401 #IODP #NSFfunded

[China Science @ChinaScience]

China will conduct the 1st sea trial of its self-developed and world's most advanced ocean-drilling research vessel, Mengxiang, in S China's Guangzhou on Dec 22. The ship, with a max range of 15,000 nmi, can operate for 120 consecutive days and drill in waters as deep as 11,000m.