Yeah, this is interesting. We see some pyramid shaped structures.
I can't really think of anything that jumps off the top of my head that would create features that look like this.
Hopefully there are some geological folks on the line that might be able to
have some sort of better idea of what could create this distinctive looking feature.
Ah, excellent, there we go. That's a nice chunk of this structure that we're getting right now.
And it looks like we're getting some whole pieces inside.
I'm looking at the the chamber of our suction sampler right now.
Yeah it's just really, absolutely friable. Very crumbly.
Jason Chaytor of USGS has weighed in to tell us a little bit about them, which is awesome.
So these are mudstones, or claystones.
So it's the product of the hemipelagic sedimentation that you're been seeing here so far.
These samples have largely been dewatered by compaction
so basically just the weight of the sediments itself has squished the water itself out between them.
Resulting in that really densely packed area.
So this is probably an erosional feature that just happened to be carved into this really distinctive, interesting looking shape.