Australia and New Zealand form the Australia-New Zealand IODP Consortium (ANZIC), and the two countries have access to all IODP activities. This bulletin provides current news, job opportunities, scholarships and events relating to both national and international scientific communities.

Issue 8, 24 November, 2016

For more informa on contact: Website: www.iodp.org.au Website: drill.gns.cri.nz

News from the ANZIC Office  

The JOIDES Resolu on Western Pacific Warm Pool Expedi on 363 (6 October to 8 December) is very important to our understanding of changes on all scales in global climate (e.g. El Niño – La Niña). It has been joined by scien sts Brad Opdyke (ANU sedimentologist) and Jennifer Wurtzel (ANU petrophysicist). Lots of informa on on the expedi on as it unrolls is at h p://joidesresolu on.org/node/1746.    In addi on, we have a teacher, Ka e Halder (Canning College, Perth), aboard in a public rela ons role. She is running live interac ve video broadcasts to schools and university students in Australia, New Zealand, and around the world. Should you want to book in with Ka e for a live video broadcast for a university class, the Request Form is on h ps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrP1wutec52z6o5D73jTQRgqMJ_sb0it45YPAroCbxb‐B7mA/viewform.  IODP Expedi on 370 "Temperature Limit of the Deep Biosphere off Muroto" (September 10 to November 10) sailed with Maija Raudsepp (UQ microbiologist) aboard. Chikyu was exploring the limits of sub‐seafloor life and the biosphere in the proto‐thrust zone of the Nankai accre onary prism off Japan. There were overlapping shore‐based detailed microbiology ac vi es at Kochi Core Center. According to Nobu Eguchi of JAMSTEC it was very, very successful, with the shore‐based science party s ll working and new findings expected soon. The final coring depth was 1180 mbsf, and the final depth of the comple on assembly (temperature observatory) was about 860 mbsf. For more informa on check h p://www.jamstec.go.jp/chikyu/e/exp370/  The necessary documenta on for an Australasian IODP Planning Workshop to be held at Sydney University in June 2017 is virtually complete. This will be a major regional workshop (SW Pacific, Southern and eastern Indian Oceans) like the earlier, highly successful, Indian Ocean and Southwest Pacific Ocean workshops. The workshop would cover all pla orm possibili es, but our main aim will be to start the process of wri ng good proposals to a ract JOIDES Resolu on back into our region around 2022. We will be seeking funding from the major poten al sources soon. 

 

 

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Forthcoming IODP expedi ons in our region from mid‐2017  

Expedi on 371 (Tasman Fron er Subduc on, Lord Howe Rise, Co‐chief Rupert Sutherland, (VUW): July 27 to September 26, 2017. Wanda Stra ord (GNS) was appointed as a physical property specialist and we expect other ANZIC appointments soon. 

Expedi on 369 (Australia Cretaceous Climate and Tectonics, Naturaliste Plateau): September 26 to November 26, 2017. Lloyd White (Wollongong) was appointed as a sedimentologist and we expect other ANZIC appointments soon. 

Expedi on 372 (Creeping Gas Hydrate Slides & Hikurangi margin LWD, Co‐chiefs Ingo Pecher, Auckland and Phil Barnes, NIWA): November 26, 2017 to January 4, 2018. ANZIC rankings by Science Commi ee to be finalized soon 

Expedi on 373 (Alterna ve pla orm Antarc c Cenozoic Paleoclimate, George V Land and Adélie Land shelf sediments) has been deferred un l 2019‐20, but our rankings have been forwarded for informa on. 

Expedi on 374 (West Antarc c Ice Sheet Climate, Ross Sea, Co‐chief Rob McKay, VUW): January 4 to March 8, 2018. ANZIC rankings have been submi ed to JRSO and co‐chiefs. 

Expedi on 375 (Hikurangi subduc on margin, Co‐chief Laura Wallace, GNS): March 8 to May 5, 2018. ANZIC rankings by Science Commi ee to be finalized soon. 

Expedi on 376 (Brothers Arc Flux, north of New Zealand, May 5 to July 5, 2018). Cornel de Ronde (GNS) has just been appointed co‐chief scien st, a great honour. Applica ons should be called for soon. 

Expedi on 378 (South Pacific Paleogene): October 14 to December 14, 2018 

Expedi on 379 (Amundsen Sea Ice Sheet History) January 18 to March 20, 2019 

All the applicants for expedi ons will be informed by Neville Exon of where they stand soon once that informa on is available. Our successful applicants will be informed by JRSO. 

A flyer for the ECORD Virtual Drillship Experience is a ached below. This valuable course in March 2017, may be of interest to thise intending to be in Europe at the  me. We regret that this program will not a ract ANZIC funding. 

ANZIC Governing Council is mee ng at ANU on 30 November. Council Chair, Geoff Garre  is stepping down as ANZIC Chair in mid‐December, and he is being replaced by Ian Poiner, an equally dynamic leader of Australian science. We are delighted that Ian has accepted our invita on to take up the ANZIC chairmanship and we all look forward very much to working with him.  

The ANZIC Marine Geoscience Masterclass, is for outstanding second year students . The highly successful Masterclass for 20 students, with generally one posi on available for each of our university members, will go ahead in New Zealand from 1‐11 December with some altera ons to the schedule to keep par cipants on safe ground.   

Our sympathy is with New Zealand for the disastrous earthquake, and with Japan for their earthquake – bad but not as bad as New Zealand’s. 

Neville Exon and Catherine Beasley 

 

 

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AT SEA Expedi on 363: West Pacific Warm Pool 

Is past the halfway mark and into the final weeks of a very smoothly func oning expedi on.   JOIDES Resolu on will be docking in Guam on December 8th. 

  Follow the JOIDES Resolu on on Facebook or h ps://www.youtube.com/user/theJOIDESResolu on  and read daily or weekly reports at:h p://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/sitesumm.html 

 

Expedi on 364: Chicxulub Crater  has made the news in the UK and the US.   h p://www.bbc.com/news/science‐environment‐38019604  h p://www.ny mes.com/2016/11/18/science/chicxulub‐crater‐dinosaur‐ex nc on.html?_r=1 

 

 

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Taking advantage of the unique andintegrated facilities offered by theIODP Bremen Core Repository (BCR)and the MARUM Laboratories thistraining course will introduce the par-ticipants to life as a shipboard scien-tist, introducing shipboard scientificmethods and work flow during asimulated drilling cruise. The focuswill be on the practical aspectsapplied on the drilling vessels of theIODP program: the JOIDES Resolution,the Chikyu and the Mission SpecificPlatforms (MSP; offshore or OnshoreScience Party in Bremen).

The Virtual Drillship Experience

6 – 10 March 2017Bremen, Germany

Venue:

MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences

with the

IODP Bremen Core Repository

University of BremenGermany

Training Course 2017

http://www.marum.de/en/ECORD_Training_Courses.html

The Training CourseAs host to one of only three IODP core repositories in the world –the only one in Europe – the MARUM in Bremen is an importanthub for marine geoscientists. Taking advantage of this setting, thenew ECORD Training Course will provide a “Virtual DrillshipExperience” for scientists from academia and industry. This one-week course offers a basic training focusing on the IODP core flowprocedures, preparing the participants for participating in anoffshore drillship expedition, and instilling them with anappreciation for high standards in all kinds of coring projects.IODP-style lab exercises will form the foundation of the ECORDTraining Course following the pattern of the unique “Virtual Ship”approach developed for the Bremen ECORD Summer Schools.

The training course will focus on:

Introduction to IODP and ECORDVirtual shipboard work at BCR/MARUM:

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rock core description. Introductory seminars to general shipboard activities:

Core splicing and time-series analysis, Downhole Logging Integration, Data Management.

Interactive session on defining drilling targets and strategies including drilling proposal writing.

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RegistrationTo apply, please, visit the course webpage given below. A total of30 participants can be accepted. Course fees range from €50 to€500. Travel, accommodation and meals must be covered by theparticipants. The application deadline is 9 January 2017.

Training Course 2017