The new Teka system has been installed on the ship. It functions well but is not integrated into the `ODP system' in terms of the computer front end, and its ability to download data to Janus. Also the system still features only one probe. Further development is on hold pending a planning workshop to include WHOI, Teka, and other specialists.
The NGR has been changed (Leg 169) from 2048-channel to record 256 channels. However ODP/TAMU will look into the possibility of this overwhelming the database.
The acquisition of appropriate custom-made standards (for K, U, and Th) from Isotope Labs has been approved by SMP.
Density calibration standards which could be used for the existing whole-core MST, were acquired with the purchase of the split-core MST system. Density methods now agree. The previous systematic offset was due to using the wrong density value for Pyrex glass.
Investigation into the purchase of a balance, suitable for determining the mass of whole cores, is still in progress.
A new program designed to allow computer control for moisture and density measurements (MAD) has been written which controls both the balance and picnometer. The program demonstrates compatibility with the Janus database and was installed during the Leg169 port call.
(See Project Summaries, Split-core MST.)
[ Contents of the Semiannual Report, No. 2, June-November 1996 |
| Program Updates | New Initiatives | Project Summaries | Laboratory Working Groups |
| Panel Recommendations | Appendixes |
| Semiannual Report, No. 1, December-May 1996 ]