IODP - Canada – Newsletter # 3 - December 2009 http://www.iodpcanada.ca daily 1 2009-10-09T14:56:21Z An IODP-Canada summer school in 2010 (27 June - 12 July) http://www.iodpcanada.ca/news_items/an-iodp-canada-summer-school-in-2010 Call for applications for the IODP-Canada summer school: "Ocean and climate changes in polar and subpolar environments"! Welcome to students from the international community. Scholarships are available. Ocean and climate changes in polar and subpolar environments
OPEN TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
BandareduiteB

27 June to 12 July 2010

Download the ANNOUNCEMENT of the IODP Canada summer school here.

Check for scholarships below (available to all students). WELCOME 
TO 
STUDENTS 
AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS FROM 
THE 
INTERNATIONAL 
COMMUNITY.


A preliminary program is now available here in its complete and simplified version.

Description of the course: The summer school will focus on paleoceanography and paleoclimatology at high latitudes. To integrate the various complementary issues on the subject, the summer school will include lectures and fieldwork in the St. Lawrence Estuary, where it will be possible to combine geophysical observations of glacial and postglacial sedimentary facies and sampling with the most common coring devices. Lectures will provide insights into the various methods used for investigation of sedimentary regime in addition to environmental, hydrolographic and climatic changes in an Arctic-subarctic context.


Professors and researchers from Canada will teach courses and offer practical training during the summer school. In addition, invited lecturers - international experts - will provide the opportunity to address themes on cutting edge approaches for the study of climate change at high latitudes as well as critical issues specific to Polar-subpolar environments such as the sea-ice dynamics and the Arctic freshwater budget.

Dates and location: The summer school will be scheduled during two weeks in 2010 from 27 June to 12 July 2010. Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from the international community are welcome to participate. Participants will meet at UQAM in Montreal. During the first week, the participants will go to UQAR in Rimouski for a few days and then move to Quebec City. The second week will be organized in Montreal at UQAM, McGill and Concordia universities.


Registration fee: Registration fees are CDN $1, 500. They include all costs during the summer school after arriving in Montreal except for two free evenings: transport from Montreal to Rimouski, from Rimouski to Quebec and back from Quebec to Montreal, meals, hotel accommodation, access to ships, laboratories, etc...It does not include air flight tickets to Montreal nor extra-personal costs.

Registration form now available: form2010 in .doc; form2010 in pdf

  1. Fill the form to register
  2. send it with your CV and a letter of support from your director/supervisor

to IODP-Canada office to Hélène Gaonac'h (coordinator@mail.iodpcanada.ca).

IODP-Canada scholarships (DEADLINE = May 15 2010): Ten (10) scholarships - 1000 $ each - will be offered by IODP-Canada to highly qualified candidates. To apply send please all documents mentioned for registration (form, CV, letter of support) and an additional letter of motivation to Hélène Gaonac'h (coordinator@mail.iodpcanada.ca).

For any additional information or questions, please contact Hélène Gaonac'h, IODP-Canada science coordinator: coordinator@mail.iodpcanada.ca or gaonach.helene@uqam.ca

]]> No publisher helene 2010-05-16T19:13:11Z News Item IODP EXP 313- 5 weeks in Bremen http://www.iodpcanada.ca/news_items/iodp-exp-313-5-weeks-in-bremen Francine McCarthy from Brock University (Ontario) just came back from the Onshore Science Party of the New Jersey Shallow Shelf - IODP Expedition 313, Bremen, Germany. Thirty scientists from a dozen or so nations (USA, Britain, France, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Japan, Korea, China, and Canada) worked together at the core repository at the University of Bremen in November-December 2009.
The cores from three sites from the shallow New Jersey Shelf were finally ready to be split and analyzed following decades of unsuccessful attempts!
Split into 2 shifts, we were led by co-chiefs Greg Mountain and Jean-Noel Proust, together with staff scientist Dave McInroy through a hybrid between shipboard and post-cruise analysis of the cores for just over 4 weeks.  The cores were collected and the holes were logged between May and July 2009, and many of us worked on core catcher samples during the intervening months, preparing for the Bremen sampling party.
I arrived with 125 slides, and together with Ulrich Kotthof, analyzed these for
palynomorphs. The dinocysts were generally abundant and well preserved, and they provided age control, together with the less reliably present the calcareous planktonic fossils. The pollen provided insights into climate change and sediment provenance, with the main focus of the expedition being on the Miocene. There were several interesting and unexpected findings which will provide ample fodder for post-cruise research- examining and trying to explain everything from lenses of almost fresh to highly briny groundwater lenses, the abundance of silt, and the unexpected ages of seismic reflectors traced across the three holes, to name only a few.
Numerous collaborations were initiated during our "expedition" and I look forward our planned post-cruise meeting in roughly 18 months to see the scientific party again. By which time, we should hopefully have several publications (and definitely several conference presentations) highlighting key elements of our collaborative efforts. Although I can't divulge too many specifics without the approval of all of the members of EXP 313 during this 1-year moratorium, I predict that many long-held assumptions of sequence stratigraphy will be challenged by the results of IODP EXP 313, and that a more thorough understanding of continental margin architecture in response to sea level will result.

Francine McCarthy, Brock University
fmccarthy@brocku.ca

]]> No publisher helene 2009-12-21T21:19:58Z News Item Announcement EuroFORUM 2010 at EGU Vienna http://www.iodpcanada.ca/news_items/announcement-euroforum-2010-at-egu-vienna Call for an Interdivision Session on Scientific Ocean and Continental Drilling - at the next EGU in Vienna After La Grande Motte (3rd EuroForum, 2000), Tromsø (4th European ODP Forum, 2002), Bremen (ICDP-IODP Joint Euroforum Meeting, 2004), Cardiff (EuroForum 2006) and Vienna (EuroFORUM 2008, EGU), the EuroFORUM 2010 will be held at the EGU in Vienna (2-7 May 2010) as an Interdivision Session entitled " CL4.9/SSP1.7 - EuroFORUM 2010: Achievements and perspectives in scientific ocean and continental drilling"; Convenor : R. Stein; co-convenors : G. Camoin, J. Erbacher, H. Brinkhuis, U. Harms and U. Roehl

See http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2010/session/2717

We invite you to attend this interdivision session and to submit abstract(s). All necessary information can be found under http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2010/abstract_management/how_to_submit_an_abstract.html

During the abstract registration, you can propose your contribution as a poster (choice "Poster") or as an oral (choice "No preference", since there is no guarantee that it will definitely become an oral). Talks will be selected on the basis of the abstracts received and the final format of the Interdivision Session.

The deadline for the receipt of abstracts is 15 January 2010.

We are looking forward to receive your contributions!
Please feel free to distribute this announcement to anyone you know who may be interested.

Best regards,

Ruediger STEIN, Henk BRINKHUIS, Gilbert CAMOIN, Jochen ERBACHER, Ulrich HARMS, Ursula ROEHL

]]> No publisher helene 2009-12-21T18:27:54Z News Item ECORD Newsletter#13 http://www.iodpcanada.ca/news_items/ecord-newsletter-13 Get and read the last ECORD Newsletter. The ECORD Newsletter is a semi-annual publication (April and October/November), which includes updated information coming from the different ECORD bodies and reflects the scientific activity of ECORD in IODP. Click and get the last issue at: http://www.iodpcanada.ca/ecord-newsletters/newsletter13.pdf/view

All the ECORD RSS News Feeds could be found at: http://www.ecord.org/RSS/ecord-rss.php

]]> No publisher helene 2009-12-21T21:15:30Z News Item IODP media release: New Jersey Shallow Shelf IODP Exp. 313 http://www.iodpcanada.ca/news_items/iodp-media-release-new-jersey-shallow-shelf-iodp-exp-313 “We recovered a nearly continuous record of Earth history from 14 to 35 million years before present”, says Prof. Gregory Mountain, geoscientist at Rutgers University in New Jersey and one of the two co-chief scientists of the New Jersey Shallow Shelf project. “....see more IODP, ECORD and ICDP have issued a media release 'Sea-Level Change in the Icehouse World - First results of the IODP New Jersey Shallow Shelf Expedition', after the media conference held at Bremen University on November 27, 2007 during the Onshore Science Party of the New Jersey Shallow Shelf - IODP Expedition 313 http://www.eso.ecord.org/expeditions/313/313.php.

The media release is posted on-line at http://www.ecord.org/p/press.html

A pdf format is attached here. Please circulate this information widely.

Our Canadian colleague, Francine McCarthy from Brock University was there. If you want to reach Francine, please contact her at: Francine.McCarthy@BrockU.CA
Photo: Kayd:  ©ECORD/IODP

 

]]> No publisher helene 2009-12-05T00:31:33Z News Item CALL for engineers, educator, science communicators/Juan de Fuca Flank expedition http://www.iodpcanada.ca/news_items/call-for-engineers-educator-science-communicators-juan-de-fuca-flank-expedition Here is a unique possibility for engineers, educators, and/or science communicators of ECORD countries for participation on the Juan de Fuca Flank Hydrogeology II Expedition. Deadline = January 15th, 2010. Juan de Fuca Flank hydrogeology II Expedition (July – September 2010)

DEADLINE January 15, 2010
JOIDES Resolution

 

ECORD offers the unique possibility to sail in the framework of the IODP, an international research program for drilling at sea.
The Juan de Fuca Flank hydrogeology II Expedition is designed to evaluate the formation-scale hydrogeologic properties within oceanic crust.

See attached document for more details.

For application, please consult the ESSAC Webpage: http://www.essac.ecord.org/index.php?mod=user. 
1) Create personal profile online
2) apply for Juan de Fuca Hydrogeology Expedition as full participant.  Here, focus is laid on “Reasons for interest”.

Caption: JOIDES Resolution (WIlliam Crawford, IODP/TAMU)


Required documents (PDF only) for the application process are a CV, and a letter of support by school principal or appropriate supervisor (template posted at http://www.essac.ecord.org/index.php?mod=participation&page=applytosail).

Please send a copy of your application documents to us in order that we can help to support your application: to Hélène Gaonac'h, IODP-Canada science coordinator (gaonach.helene@uqam.ca).

]]> No publisher helene 2009-12-07T19:20:46Z News Item CALL for scientists: Louisville Seamount Chain Expedition http://www.iodpcanada.ca/news_items/call-for-scientists-louisville-seamount-chain-expedition Here is a call for scientists interested in participating in the Louisville Seamount Chain Expedition to study the hotspot motion. Deadline= January 15, 2010. The expedition is scheduled for December 2010 to February 2011.

DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2010

 

This expedition is designed to examine (i) the possible motion of the Louisville hotspot and its geodynamical implications, and (ii) the eruptive cycle and geochemical evolution of this seamount trail.

For more details, please consult the call in pdf format.

Application Process:  Scientists interested in participating, please consult the ESSAC webpage: www.essac.ecord.org/

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 Canadian office in order that we can help to support your application (Hélène Gaonac'h (gaonach.helene@uqam.ca ; IODP Canada science coordinator). Don't hesitate to contact the office if you have questions.

The timing of the expedition may change depending on the scheduling of non-IODP work for the drill ship, JOIDES Resolution.

 

]]> No publisher helene 2009-12-07T19:06:06Z News Item CALL for scientists: South Pacific Gyre Microbiology Expedition http://www.iodpcanada.ca/news_items/call-for-scientists-south-pacific-gyre-microbiology-expedition Here is a call for scientists interested in participating in the South Pacific Gyre Microbiology Expedition. Deadline = January 15, 2010. The expedition is scheduled for October to December 2010.
Deadline: JANUARY 15, 2010


This expedition is intended to define the physical and chemical limits of subseafloor microbial life in tectonic and oceanographic settings not yet explored.

Coring will target sediment and oceanic crust.

For more details, please consult the call in pdf format.

Application Process:  Scientists interested in participating, please consult the ESSAC webpage: www.essac.ecord.org/

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 Canadian office in order that we can help to support your application (Hélène Gaonac'h (gaonach.helene@uqam.ca ; IODP Canada science coordinator). Don't hesitate to contact the office if you have questions.

The timing of the expedition may change depending on the scheduling of non-IODP work for the drill ship, JOIDES Resolution.

]]> No publisher helene 2009-12-07T19:01:37Z News Item CALL for scientists: Juan de Fuca Flank hydrogeology II Expedition http://www.iodpcanada.ca/news_items/call-for-scientists-juan-de-fuca-flank-hydrogeology-ii-expedition Here is a call for scientists interested in participating in the Juan de Fuca Flank hydrogeology II Expedition. Deadline = January 15, 2010. The expedition is scheduled for July to September 2010.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: JANUARY 15, 2010

 

The expedition will be dominated by subseafloor observatory installation operations. It is designed to evaluate the formation-scale hydrogeologic properties within oceanic crust, determine how fluid pathways are distributed within an active hydrothermal system and elucidate relations between fluid circulation, alteration, microbiology, and seismic properties.

A full complement of scientists is not required to achieve the science objectives and we anticipate opportunities for participation by engineers, educators, and/or science communicators.

For more details, please consult the call in pdf format.

Application Process:  Scientists interested in participating, please consult the ESSAC webpage: www.essac.ecord.org/

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 Canadian office in order that we can help to support your application (Hélène Gaonac'h (gaonach.helene@uqam.ca ; IODP Canada science coordinator). Don't hesitate to contact the office if you have questions.

The timing of the expedition may change depending on the scheduling of non-IODP work for the drill ship, JOIDES Resolution.

 

]]> No publisher helene 2009-12-07T19:02:28Z News Item Interviews with Taoufik Radi - on Expedition 323 http://www.iodpcanada.ca/news_items/interviews-with-taoufik-radi-on-expedition-323 Taoufik Radi participated in the Bering Sea, IODP Expedition 323 . Listen to the interviews with him. Taoufik Radi participated in the IODP Expedition 323 - the Bering Sea during July and August 2009. As a micropaleontologist, his experience on the JOIDES Resolution was extremely fruitful. He returned with many hundreds of samples that he had already started to analyze during the expedition.  Now that it has  ended he will be busy for many years.

Listen to the interview (in French) on Radio Canada radio at the program "Les années lumière".
Sunday October 18th, 2009:
L'histoire en profondeurs

Read the interview (in French) by Dominique Forget in "Journal l’UQAM"-  vol36N3.
L'histoire au fond des mers

]]> No publisher helene 2009-12-21T21:28:46Z News Item Scientific Drilling No8, Sept. 2009 http://www.iodpcanada.ca/news_items/scientific-drilling-no8-sept-2009 Go and get the latest Scientific Drilling issue. The journal is published by IODP and ICDP.
  • Go and get the current issue on our Web site in "Scientific Drilling journals": http://www.iodpcanada.ca/scientific-drilling-journals
  • You could also find the table of contents of this issue as well as previous issues on the IODP Web site at:
    http://www.iodp.org/scientific-publications/


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