Christie is currently writing a series of guest blogs for Scientific American. Here is her first installment:
Why are there field geologists on a drilling vessel?
Additional information:
The deadline for applications is 01 July 2012.
The program is designed to support European and Canadian scientists in developing new and innovative science proposals for submission to IODP and ICDP.
Magellan+ would particularly welcome proposals for workshops that integrate scientific marine and continental coring with scientific topics such as: Earth’s Surface Environmental Change, Processes and Effects; the Deep Biosphere & Sub-Seafloor Ocean, as well as Solid Earth Cycles & Geodynamics, as outlined in the science plans of IODP and ICDP.
Please see the workshop call or contact Magellan+ at magellan.plus@bgr.de for more information.
Lecturers will be nominated for a period of 18 months and will be expected to deliver at least 6 lectures. Travel costs will be provided by ESSAC and the host institutions. Please see the ESSAC document for more information. The deadline to apply is May 21, 2012. We request that all candidates copy the Coordinator (coordinator@mail.iodpcanada.ca) when applications are emailed to the ESSAC Office.
]]>The segment was featured on the science program 'Daily Planet' in an episode called Japan: One Year Later, which aired in Canada on March 9, 2012. The one hour special on Japan's earthquake and tsunami highlights how the disaster took place, how people survived, and what is being done to prevent future disasters from occurring.
Full episode link: http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/daily-planet/march-2012/daily-planet---march-09-2012/
IODP segment (@ ~8:00) link: http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/daily-planet/march-2012/daily-planet---march-09-2012/#clip635343
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Background: The Baltic Sea Basin is one of the world’s largest intra-continental basins, occupying 373,000 km2 and with a drainage area four times its size, and has served as depositional sink throughout at least the last several hundred thousand years. Its sediments comprise a unique high-resolution archive of the paleoenvironmental history of the huge drainage area, the basin itself and neighboring sea areas.
Objectives: The Baltic Sea Basin proposal addresses four over-arching themes:
Specialists in the following fields are required: sedimentology, microbiology, organic geochemistry, inorganic geochemistry, benthic foraminifera, planktonic foraminifera, diatoms, ostracodes, dinoflagellates, terrestrial palynology, petrophysics/logging, stratigraphic correlation, and paleomagnetics.
Application Process: Scientists interested in participating please consult the ESSAC webpage.
Required documents (PDF only) are:
Young researchers must additionally provide a letter of support from their host institution including information on the post-cruise science support: How to achieve the proposed scientific objectives in the future (funding scheme and support from host institution).
We request that all candidates send a copy of their application to the IODP-Canada office (coordinator@mail.iodpcanada.ca). If you wish to receive feedback or assistance, please send your documents at least one week prior to the deadline.
For more information, download the ESSAC flyer.
]]>The Council of Canadian Academies would like to invite you to participate in an online survey of individuals in the field of ocean science, to help determine Canada’s Top Research Questions for Ocean Science.
You are asked to identify up to three priority research questions that should be the focus of Canadian ocean science research in the coming decades. Your input is critical to the success of this exercise.
Before starting the survey, please read the information sheet that outlines the specific requirements for your input. Once you have decided upon the research questions to submit, the survey itself will take no more than five minutes to complete.
Environics Research Group, an independent research firm, has been retained to conduct the survey on behalf of the Council of Canadian Academies. Please be assured that all information shared with Environics will remain strictly confidential and none of your responses will be associated with you personally or with your organization.
CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY: BEGIN SURVEY
Please complete the survey by December 9, 2011.
For questions about the project or the input required, please contact the Council for Canadian Academies at stefan.jungcurt@scienceadvice.ca.
If you encounter technical difficulties while filling out the online survey, please contact Environics directly at onlineresearch@environics.ca.
We appreciate your support and thank you for your valuable opinions.
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Expedition Goals: The expedition goal is to deepen Hole C0002F to ~3300 mbsf, This riser hole, intended to access the plate boundary faults at an ultimate depth of 7000 meters, has already been drilled and cased to 856 mbsf during IODP Expedition 326.
Scientific Objectives: The main objective is to sample the deep interior of the accretionary complex in the midslope region beneath the Kumano forearc basin; using both core samples and drill cuttings, to perform downhole stress orientation/magnitude, pore pressure, permeability, and collect an extensive suite of LWD and wireline logs to characterize the formation, including a planned zero-offset vertical seismic profile. This is a major part of the long-term effort to drill a deep riser hole into the plate boundary fault system.
Application Process: Scientists interested in participating please consult the ESSAC webpage.
Required documents (PDF only) are:
1) a CV
2) a letter of interest including your specific expertise, previous involvement in DSDP/ODP/IODP expeditions, research interest
3) a publication list
Young researchers must additionally provide a letter of support from their host institution including information on the post-cruise science support: How to achieve the proposed scientific objectives in the future (funding scheme and support from host institution).
Please send a copy of your application documents to the IODP-Canada office (coordinator@mail.iodpcanada.ca). Please send your documents at least one week prior to the deadline if you wish to receive feedback or assistance.
For more information, download the ESSAC flyer.
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Expedition Goals: The expedition goal is to drill ~1000 mbsf into the fault zone of the Tohoku Earthquake (~7000 mbsl), collect core and LWD data, and emplace a “CORK”-type observatory.
Scientific Objectives:
(1) What was the stress state on the fault that controls rupture during the earthquake and was the stress completely released? Time decaying temperature measurements will be used to estimate the frictional heat produced at the time of the earthquake, which can be used to infer the level of dynamic friction. Rupture to the toe of accretionary wedge; measurements of current stress and stress during the earthquake can be used to explore different models to explain how dynamic slip occurred.
(2) What are the characteristics of large earthquakes in the fault zone, and how can we distinguish present and past events in fault zone cores? Evidence of melting and other processes that contribute to dynamic strength reduction will be looked for in core samples. Trace elements will be used to estimate the thermal history of the recent and past events. High-speed friction and petrophysical experiments on fault material can be used to characterize the frictional behaviour of the fault.
Application Process: Scientists interested in participating please consult the ESSAC webpage.
Required documents (PDF only) are:
1) a CV
2) a letter of interest including your specific expertise, previous involvement in DSDP/ODP/IODP expeditions, research interest
3) a publication list
Young researchers must additionally provide a letter of support from their host institution including information on the post-cruise science support: How to achieve the proposed scientific objectives in the future (funding scheme and support from host institution).
Please send a copy of your application documents to the IODP-Canada office (coordinator@mail.iodpcanada.ca). Please send your documents at least one week prior to the deadline if you wish to receive feedback or assistance.
For more information, download the ESSAC flyer.
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Expedition 337, postponed due to the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, has been rescheduled for Summer 2012. There are five spots available; applications from sedimentologists, microbiologists/biogeochemists, and micropaleontologists are particularly encouraged.
Scientific Objectives:
The objective of this expedition is to deepen a hole and recover core samples down to the target Eocene lignite coalbed. The core samples will be used to investigate geological, geophysical, (bio-)geochemical and (geo-)microbiological features of the formation, with a view to expand our knowledge on coalbed subseafloor hydrocarbon system and the deep biosphere.Particular focus will be made on deep subseafloor life and the biosphere down to 2200 mbsf, in a habitat that has never been reached by previous scientific ocean drilling. We will investigate active microbial communities and geobiological processes in the thermally immature coalbed at great burial depths.
Application Process: Scientists interested in participating please consult the ESSAC webpage.
Required documents (PDF only) are:
1) a CV
2) a letter of interest including your specific expertise, previous involvement in DSDP/ODP/IODP expeditions, research interest
3) a publication list
Young researchers must additionally provide a letter of support from their host institution including information on the post-cruise science support: How to achieve the proposed scientific objectives in the future (funding scheme and support from host institution).
Please send a copy of your application documents to the IODP-Canada office (coordinator@mail.iodpcanada.ca). Please send your documents at least one week prior to the deadline if you wish to receive feedback or assistance.
For more information, download the ESSAC flyer.
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Scientific Aims: Based on IODP Proposals 551-Full and 551-Add, this expedition aims to understand the nature of gabbroic rocks that formed at the fast-spreading East Pacific Rise (EPR) and test competing hypotheses of magmatic accretion and hydrothermal processes in the lower ocean crust.
Scientific Objectives:
(1) the architecture of the oceanic crust inferred from ophiolites and geophysical observations along modern fast-spreading ridges;
(2) the extent and nature of heat and mass fluxes between the asthenosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere reservoirs;
(3) how is the lower ocean crust accreted at fast-spreading ridges, and how does this relate to the differentiation of mid-ocean ridge basalts;
(4) where, when, and at what temperature do hydrothermal fluids penetrate into the lower oceanic crust, and what effect do these have on the heat and chemical budgets near the ridge axis; and
(5) how quickly does the lower oceanic crust cool, what is the thermal structure at the ridge axis, and how do the magmatic and hydrothermal systems interact to determine the thermal regime.
Application Process: Scientists interested in participating please consult the ESSAC webpage.
Required documents (PDF only) are:
1) a CV
2) a letter of interest including your specific expertise, previous involvement in DSDP/ODP/IODP expeditions, research interest
3) a publication list
Young researchers must additionally provide a letter of support from their host institution including information on the post-cruise science support: How to achieve the proposed scientific objectives in the future (funding scheme and support from host institution).
Please send a copy of your application documents to the IODP-Canada office (coordinator@mail.iodpcanada.ca).
For more information, download the ESSAC flyer.
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Scientific Aims: Based on Expedition 334 and Proposals 537A-Full5 and 537A-Add, this expedition aims to understand the processes that control nucleation and seismic rupture of large earthquakes at erosional subduction zones.
Scientific Objectives:
(1) the characterization of the lithology, texture, and physical properties of the subducting sediments and basement;
(2) the rate of subduction erosion and subsidence history of the upper plate;
(3) the fluid/rock interactions and geochemical processes active within the upper plate; and
(4) the evolution of the stress field upslope.
Application Process: Scientists interested in participating please consult the ESSAC webpage.
Required documents (PDF only) are:
1) a CV
2) a letter of interest including your specific expertise, previous involvement in DSDP/ODP/IODP expeditions, research interest
3) a publication list
Young researchers must additionally provide a letter of support from their host institution including information on the post-cruise science support: How to achieve the proposed scientific objectives in the future (funding scheme and support from host institution).
Please send a copy of your application documents to the IODP-Canada office (coordinator@mail.iodpcanada.ca).
For more information, download the ESSAC flyer.
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