Doug Wiens
@dougwiens.bsky.social
Seismologist at Washington University in Saint Louis. Studies the structure and seismic sources of Antarctica. Uses ocean bottom seismographs to investigate subduction zones.
We are now dredging rocks from the seafloor near Ofu Island in American Samoa. There were a lot of rocks in this one! Fresh basalts with glass, olivine, clinopyroxene.
August 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
We are now dredging rocks from the seafloor near Ofu Island in American Samoa. There were a lot of rocks in this one! Fresh basalts with glass, olivine, clinopyroxene.
Recovering an ocean bottom seismographs near Tonga in the South Pacific, aboard the research ship Kilo Moana
August 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Recovering an ocean bottom seismographs near Tonga in the South Pacific, aboard the research ship Kilo Moana