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Today, we welcomed a brand new Cox Analytical Itrax FleXRay X-ray fluorescence sediment core scanner to our research facility. Providing the only wet or dry sediment Itrax FlexRay scanner in the UK.New Itrax fully operational in the Analytical Lab
Over the past year, BOSCORF has been helping PhD student, Hannah Muir, to split, image and process sediment cores from the Isle of Man.Hannah Muir is a PhD student at Swansea University, based at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOCS). Her PhD research project is part of The Manx Blue Carbon Project, which aims to quantify how much carbon is stored and accumulated within the Isle of Man’s territorial sea to inform decisions that could maximise natural carbon storage around the Island.
BOSCORF was lucky to have Tatiana Glazkova from Royal Holloway University visit to log, scan and sample a legacy core collection from the JC027 cruise in 2009. Tatiana's research focuses on fine-grained sediments in the deep ocean, particularly those affected by bottom currents. She uses a range of data at multiple scales collected from deep marine gaps, where topographic constriction may be modifying currents and potentially amplifying their influence on the deposition of sediment. This is a great example of where BOSCORF's legacy collection of cores can be brought back to life to help the next generation of researchers explore new horizons in the deep sea.
BOSCORF goes on tour! Attending the Digital Ocean AwayDay at NOC, Liverpool, meeting friends and colleagues (old & new) at SUERC, East Kilbride, and running a sediment core workshop at the 4th Deepwater Circulation Research Conference in Edinburgh. All in one week!