This chapter explains shipboard operations on the Norskald and Aranda to help the reader understand the ways in which the core was acquired, handled, and described. The approach follows Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) core-handling protocols as closely as possible (ODP Science Services, 2006). Some modifications, however, were necessary because of unique features of the American Petroleum Institute (API) "piggyback" wireline and seabed template system of the Norskald and the British Geological Survey (BGS) robotic Rockdrill used on the Aranda. This chapter reviews the observational criteria used by the Shipboard Scientific Party and also provides background information on specialized shipboard analytical studies (optical microscopy, X-ray fluorescence [XRF] spectrometry, and paleomagnetic measurements) and the Ocean Drilling Information (ODIN) database. Procedures for shore-based studies are described in "Shore-Based Scientific Procedures."
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