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SOES News Issue 7 Spring 2011 Ocean and Earth Science Welcome to SOES News - the School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES) magazine for current and prospective students, alumni and friends. We look forward to sharing exciting updates on our world-renowned scientists, features on cutting-edge research, profiles about our talented alumni, and fun stories about our students. Enjoy! Cover story - Silver success for SOES Imperial Barrel Team Page 2 To the Moho and beyond! Page 3 SOES graduates at the front-line of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Page 4 National Oceanography Centre, Southampton

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SOESNewsIssue 7 Spring 2011 Ocean andEarth Science

Welcome to SOESNews - the School ofOcean andEarth Science (SOES)magazine for current and prospective students, alumni and friends.Welook forward to sharing exciting updates on ourworld-renownedscientists, features on cutting-edge research, profiles about our talentedalumni, and fun stories about our students. Enjoy!

Cover story - Silver success for SOES Imperial Barrel Team Page 2To theMoho and beyond! Page 3SOES graduates at the front-line of theDeepwater Horizon oil spill Page 4

NationalOceanographyCentre, Southampton

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Afterwinning gold at the Europeanround of the annual hydrocarbonprospect evaluation competition inPrague, the Southampton teammembers, PeterHeath, LouiseMoorhead,Nathan Payne,WilliamSymons andMarcusWiltshire,travelled to America to present theresults from their analysis of ageophysical and geological data setbased on a 600 km2 site in theNetherlands.

Their presentation contained anassessment of the potential of the areafor hydrocarbon exploration andproduction, considering issues such aseconomics and risk, andrecommendations about potentialdevelopment. The competition isdesigned tomimic an industry exercise,so providing first-hand experience forcompeting students as to how theirdegree transfers to this environment.

Twelve teams fromaround theworldcompeted at theHouston finals,selected from97 universitieswhoinitially entered their regionalcompetitions. The SOES teamcamesecond behind theUniversity of Texasat Austin, securing the SelleyCup and a$10,000 prize for theUniversity ofSouthampton, whichwill be used tofurther petroleumgeoscienceeducation.

Professor TimMinshull, Head of theSchool ofOcean andEarth Sciencesays: “Our students haveworkedexceptionally hard and I congratulatethemon their achievement. This result,following strong performances in theEuropean competition for the lastthree years, illustrates the strength ofgeoscience education at Southamptonand howwell prepared our graduatesare for future employment in a globalmarket.”

Southampton geology graduateDrJohnCousins spent over 30 years in theoil and gas industry and recently retiredfromExxonMobil ExplorationCompany as Executive Vice President.John lives inHouston andwatched theSouthampton student teamgive theiraward-winning presentation at the IBAcompetition. “Southampton’s secondplace finish inHouston is a trulycommendable achievement,particularly considering the fiercecompetition from teams around theworld representing universitiesspecialising in PetroleumGeoscience,”said John. “I have no doubtSouthampton’s students have the skillsand training necessary to excel in theworld’smajor oil companies.”

Reflecting on the experience,Geophysics student LouiseMoorheadsaid: “The IBA is a fantastic learningexperiencewith the opportunity to gaina real feel of the petroleum industryand to compete against some of themost talented students around theworld. I would definitely recommend itto other students as it is a greatway tosee how the theorywe have learnt is putinto practise in oil and gas companies.”

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A teamof fiveOcean and Earth Science undergraduateMScistudents have come second at the 2011 AmericanAssociationof PetroleumGeologists (AAPG) Imperial Barrel Award globalfinals in Houston.

Houston finalists L-R WilliamSymons, LouiseMoorhead,NathanPayne, PeterHeath andMarcusWiltshire.

InMemoriam: ProfessorA.P.M.(Peter) LockwoodMA, PhD, FRSA,FRSE (1931-2011)

The death of Professor Peter Lockwood breaksanother linkwith the apparent golden age ofinvestment in science, technology anduniversities during the 1950’s and 60’s. Peterwas educated at St Paul’s andWestminster,and afterNational Service in the RoyalArtillery, went toCambridge to readNaturalSciences. After graduating in 1954, he beganpost-graduate research onmarineosmoregulation under the supervision of J. A.Ramsey and pioneered the use of radiotracers,developing techniques that are still thedefinitivemeans of quantifying ion andwaterfluxes in aquatic animals.

After the award of his doctorate, Peter took upan assistant lectureship in Edinburgh and thenin 1962 hemoved to Southampton to join JohnRaymont in setting up themulti-disciplinaryDepartment ofOceanography. Later, asHeadof department, he bore the responsibility ofguiding the department through several yearsof dramatic change in the 1980’s, that saw itemerge from the reviewof universityoceanography and change froma post-graduate-only teaching unit to amuch largerbodywith its ownundergraduate degrees.Despite administrative pressures, Peterwasactive outside the department, working onbehalf of the Biological Council andUNESCOand also continuingwith his own research.Peter’s books andmany scientific paperscovered the physiology and ultrastructure ofestuarine animals, the distribution of relictisopod populations, aswell the construction ofartificial reefs in theCayman Islands andPooleBay, taking in diving physiology, thehaemolymphof Peripetus and the impact ofalien species carried in ballast water.

Those of uswho knewPeterwill rememberhim as unfailingly courteouswith a dry senseof humour and possessed of a sharp intellectcoupledwith an immense breadth ofknowledgewithin andwithout the bounds ofmarine biology.

Peter died peacefully on 2 January, 2011 and issurvived by hiswife Kathleen and their threechildren.

Silver success for SOESImperial Barrel Team

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This spring, researchers includingProfessorDamonTeagle of theUniversity of Southampton, based attheNationalOceanographyCentre,Southamptonwillmark the 50-yearanniversary of an ambitious project todrill to themantle, by taking anothersignificant step towards the samedream.

In a comment inNature, Professor TeagleandDr Benoît Ildefonse, ofMontpellierUniversity in France, the co-chiefscientists of the upcoming IntegratedOceanDrilling ProgramExpedition 335,say that drilling into Earth’smantle isnowpossible and should hopefully beginwithin a decade.Nextmonth, IODPExp335 scientists aboard JOIDESResolutionwill drill into the intact lower oceaniccrust for the first time to sample coarse-grained rocks called gabbros. These rocksmake up the bulk of the oceanic crust andpower black smoker hydrothermalsystems.

Scientists’ eventual aim is to drillcompletely through the Earth’s crustunder the ocean floor, across theMohorovičićDiscontinuity or ‘Moho,’andrecover for the first time pristine samplesfrom themantle. Themantlemakes upthe bulk of our planet, stretching from the

bottomof the crust—at 30–60kilometres under the continents but just6 kilometres under the oceans—down tothe core 2,890 kilometres below. In theirpaper published inNature, the scientistswrite that retrieving a sample direct fromthemantlewould provide “a treasuretrove comparable to the Apollo lunarrocks” and insight into the origins andevolution of our planet.

This goal has proven as difficult as goingto theMoon: so far no one has drilleddeeper than about 2 kilometres into theoceanic crust or a third of thewaythrough.However, technology similar tothat on the giant Japanese drilling vesselChikyu (pictured) could in theforeseeable future be used to drill downto themantle.

The idea to drill into themantlewas bornat a drinking club of notable Earthscientists in 1957. ‘ProjectMohole’ sailedin 1961. It took the first scientific corefrom the seafloor, and developedtechniques for ocean drilling that are stillused by the oil industry today. But it failedat itsmission.Over the next few years,scientistswill undertake seismic surveysto assess three PacificOcean sites,looking for the best place to reawakenthis dream.

To theMohoandbeyond!

Japanese drilling vesselChikyu (JAMSTEC)

Co-Chief ScientistDamonTeagleonthepier in PuntarenasCostaRicashortly beforeboarding the JOIDESResolution for the IODPExpedition335 return to theSuperfast siteHole1256D. Below: Roller conesof aC-9hard formation coringdrill bit.

A treasuretrove comparableto theApollolunar rocks.

Photo:AntonyMorris, Plymouth

Photo:JohanLissenberg, Cardiff

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On the evening of 20April 2010, 80 kilometres southeastfrom themouth of theMississippi River in theGulf ofMexico, hydrocarbons escaped from theMacondowellonto theDeepwaterHorizon rig resulting in anexplosion and firewith the tragic loss of 11 lives. The firecontinued for 36 hours until the rig sank, howeverhydrocarbons continued to flow from the reservoir for87 days resulting in one of themost significant oil spillevents in global history. USGovernment estimationssuggest that a total of 4.9million barrels were released.The resulting response to the incident involvednumerous organisations fromboth theUnited Statesand internationally fromover 16 countries. One suchorganisation that becameheavily involvedwasOil SpillResponse Limited; an organisation based in Southamptonthat has close tieswith theUniversity of Southampton.

Owned by the global oil industry and primarily based inSouthampton, Bahrain and Singapore,Oil Spill Responsehas stockpiles of specialist cleanup equipment andhighly trained personnel that are available formobilisingto an incident anywhere in theworld, 24 hours a day, 365days a year. The organisation also operates twoHerculesaircraft that can have spray systems fittedwhich enablelarge scale application of dispersant tomarine oil spills.Smaller aircraft are also on standby covering theNorthSea andWest Africa, each ofwhich offer surveillance anddispersant application capabilities. Other relatedservices are also offered to the industry including oil spilltraining, equipment hire and consultancy.With thelargest base being in Southampton, close ties havenaturally developedwith theUniversitymost visiblywith a number of graduatesworking, or havingworkedfor the organisation. Beyond this,Oil Spill Response hashosted research projects, supported career fairs andlectured on courses, and also provides a cash prize forthe best project on the Environmental Science degreecourse.

The initial call fromBPwas forOil Spill Response tomobilise half of its global stockpile of containmentbooms and other specialist equipment to theGulf ofMexico. Both the Southampton and Singapore stockpileswere utilised, with over 2000mof offshore boom,8000mof shoreline boomand 200 anchor sets beingmobilised. This equated to 70 tonnes of equipment fromSouthampton and 41 tonnes fromSingapore. In order totransport all of this equipment to theUnited States, two747 freight aircraft were chartered, one from theUK and

one fromSingapore. In addition to this equipment,response personnelwere requested by BP and later theUK-basedOil Spill ResponseHercules aircraft alongwith afitted aerial dispersant spray system.

Oil Spill Response personnelwere actively involved in anumber of areaswithin the overall response; being basedinCommandCentres providing technical advice,operating the organisation’sHercules aerial spraysystem, assisting in shoreline cleanup activities andworking offshore. University of Southampton graduatesrotated through practically all these positions. Thegraduateswho currentlywork for the organisation andattended the response cover a range of coursedisciplines, includingGeology,Oceanography,Environmental Science,Marine Biology, Geography andCoastal Engineering.

TheOil Spill ResponseHerculeswas part of a fleet ofaircraft thatwere coordinated towork offshore, applyingdispersant to help break up and disperse the oil into thewater column so that it can be broken downbymarineorganisms. At the peak of aerial operations, 127surveillance aircraft and 12 dispersant spraying aircraftwere being coordinated in the response.

Offshore,Oil Spill Response personnelworked on anumber of supply vessels involved in dispersantoperations. This included being the lead for applyingdispersant at ‘The Source’; the locationwhere theDeepwaterHorizon rigwas located, andwherewellcontrol activitieswere being undertaken. At the height ofthe incident, the spray operations at ‘The Source’ wereon a 24-hour-a-day basis, with the aim to quicken thebreak-up and dispersion of oil, thus limiting the build upof any hazardous gases thatmay have posed a risk tothoseworking in the area.

Another offshore operationwhereOil Spill Responsewasheavily involvedwas the use of oceanographicequipment (fluorometers, a particle size analyser, awater qualitymeters, and sediment andwater samplingapparatus) tomonitor the efficacy of the dispersantoperations, and to take samples and readings once theseoperations ceased.When oil slickswere presentoffshore, this operation focussed on collecting pre- andpost-spray samples and data, for both vessel and aerialdispersant applications.Once the flowof hydrocarbonsfrom thewell had been stopped and nomore oil was at

Southampton Geology graduate DavidWhite (2000) is a Response Specialist / SeniorConsultant with Oil Spill Response Limited, the world’s largest oil spill responseorganisation. David offers his perspective on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and thecontainment efforts.

At the front-line of theDeepwaterHorizonSouthampton graduates join the global

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n oil spill.al response

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Oil spill offshore

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Offshore surveying and samplingoperations

sea, water columndatawas recorded alongwith taking sediment andwater samples, withthe aim to collect data that could be analysed to determine the presence of any dispersedoil.

With the oil impacting the shorelines,Oil Spill Response staff workedwith local CommandCentres in all affected States (Louisiana,Mississippi, Alabama andFlorida) to advisecleanup crews on how to employ response techniques tomaximise the effectivenesswithout causing any further damage to the environment. This rolewas also integral toensuring good communications between the field, local CommandCentres and themainCommandCentres.

Now,Oil Spill Response’s presence in theDeepwaterHorizon response has come to an end,with roles being handed over to local contractors as the activitiesmove froman emergencyphase towards a longer term restorative project. In terms of the amount of equipment andnumber of personnelmobilised byOil Spill Response, theDeepwaterHorizon incidentwasthe largest towhich the organisation has ever responded. Despite this drawon resources,the organisation stillmet its obligations to the global oil industry by being ready to respondto any other incidents thatmay have occurred. Thiswas tested on several occasions during2010where the organisationmounted responses to other simultaneously occurring oilspills in various locations, all with their owndiverse challenges and needs;North Sea, India,Indonesia, Kuwait,Malaysia, Nigeria and Singapore to name but a few.

DavidWhite graduated from theUniversity of Southampton in 2000with a degree inGeology. Following a period of travelling and undertaking aMaster’s degree inMarineResourceDevelopment andProtection atHeriot-WattUniversity Edinburgh, David joinedOil Spill Response and hasworked for them for over nine years. Further information aboutthe organisation can be found atwww.oilspillresponse.com

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Celebratingour people

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SOES staff and students continue tomakeheadlineswith their achievements and accolades.We extendour congratulations to everyone.

• ProfessorHarry Bryden, FRSwas elected a Fellowof theAmericanGeophysical Union (AGU) in recognition of hisoutstanding contributions to the Earth sciences. Since itsinception in 1919, the AGUhas played an important role inadvancing the geophysical sciences, often through internationalscientific collaborations.Only eminent scientistswho havemade exceptional contributions to the field are nominated forFellowships, and newFellows are chosen by aCommittee ofFellows.

• Physical oceanography expert Dr AlbertoNaveiraGarabatowas awarded a 2010 Philip LeverhulmePrize. These prizes areawarded annually to the ‘best young scientists in theUK.’

• Professor Eelco Rohlingwas awarded a prestigiousWolfsonResearchMerit Award by the Royal Society, theUK’s nationalacademy of science, to support his research on global icevolume, a key indicator of change in the global climate state and,through its control on sea level, amajor concern to society.

• CaseyNixon, a second year PhD student in theGeology andGeophysics group, was presentedwith two awards for hisresearch intoTopology, Kinematics and Strain Variationwithinstrike-slip fault networks, at the Tectonic StudiesGroupAnnualMeeting inDurham.

• PhD students StevenHollis and JamesNoweckiwererecognised for their work at theMineral Deposits StudiesGroupConference. Jameswon the award for Best Student PosterPresentation for hiswork on sedimentary coppermineralisationin the Yozgat-Delice-Yerkoy Basin,Middle Anatolia, Turkey.Stevenwas runner-up for his talk entitled: ‘Amultidisciplinaryapproach toVMS exploration in ancient collision zones: theIreland -Newfoundland connection.’

• DrHeiko Pälike has been awarded the prestigiousWollastonFund, presented byTheGeological Society, London, the learnedand professional society for geoscientists in theUK.

• Michele Paulatto, a recent PhD student in SOES, has beenawarded one of TheGeological Society’s President’s Awards for2011. Two or three of these accolades are awarded annually toyoung researchers of exceptional promise and ability in theEarth Sciences, and are the gift of the President of TheGeological Society of London.

• Clara Bolton, a recent PhD student in SOES, has been selectedbyTheMicropalaeontological Society to receive theCharlesDownie Award for 2011. The award ismade to recognise themost significant scientific paper published in a given year basedon postgraduate research.

• HelenMiller, a PhD student in SOES, recently attended theBGSBUFI Science Festival 2011 (BGSUniversity FundingInitiative) at the BGSheadquarters inKeyworth andwasawarded the ‘Best Staff Poster Prize.’

ProfessorHarryBryden,FRS

DrAlbertoNaveiraGarabato

DrHeikoPälike Michele Paulatto ClaraBolton HelenMiller

CaseyNixonProfessorEelcoRohling

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AsaSOESalumnus and friend, youwill haveexperienced firsthand theUniversity’scommitment to innovative excellence inteaching and research.

Weare committed to recruiting themosttalented students and increasing theopportunities available to every student,regardlessof their background.Weprepareour students tobecomeconfident nationaland international citizens and thepotentialleadersof an increasingly globalisedworkenvironment.Weaim toprovide each

generationof studentswith financialsupport and thehighest quality ofeducationusing thebest equipment andresources to enable then togoout into theworld andmake adifference in their chosenfield.

At theUniversitywealsomakeworldchanging advances in researcheveryday.Weprideourselvesonbeing aplace foropportunity and inspirationwhereourresearchers candevise innovative solutionsto address the global challengesweall face.

Our research isworld leading andourreputation is one that you, as a graduatecanbeproudof.

Youcanplay a vital role in theUniversity’sfuturebymaking a gift to support theUniversity of Southampton. Support fromalumni is helping to cultivate a rich andvaried environment foroutstandinglearning anddiscovery andprovidingsupport forouroutstanding students,academics and researchers both today andfor the future.

A gift of any sizemakes an instant andlastingdifference at theUniversity and youcanbe reassured that youarehelping totransform lives and investing in thenextgenerationof great thinkers. Your giftwillbematchedunder theGovernment’smatched funding schemeandcan alsobeGift aided tomake your support go furtherthanever before.

Therehasnever been abetter time to showyour commitment to theUniversity ofSouthampton.

Photo:AntonyJensen

Create opportunity.Make a lasting difference for Southampton

Oceanography graduate to row to theNorth PoleArmyCaptainDavidMans,who studiedBScOceanographywithPhysicalGeography at Southamptonhas been chosen as part of a six-man team for a pioneeringArctic expedition - rowing to theNorthPole.

Theywill set off fromResolute Bay inCanada in July 2011 for the sixweek450mile journey tomagnetic north. The 28 year oldwonhis place througha gruelling selection process involving hundreds of international entrants– including an endurance row lasting two and a half hours on indoorrowingmachines.

The challenge is of global significance as both a pioneeringmaritimeadventure and an environmental expedition –which is only nowpossibledue to the increase in seasonal icemelt due to climate change.

“I’ve been interested in climate change sincemy time at Southampton andI’m looking forward to seeing conditions in the Arctic formyself,” saysDavid. “I’ve been rowing sincemy time at university and decided to take itup again after returning from serving in Afghanistan. Thiswillundoubtedly be one of the biggest adventures ofmy life to date.”

Further information can be found atwww.rowtothenorthpole.comDavidMans

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‘Life after graduation’ careers event

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Continuing a successful tradition,Ocean andEarth Sciencealumni and companies returned toNOCSon 3March, 2011 toparticipate in the 3rdAnnual ‘Life AfterGraduation’CareersEvent.

In 2009, the eventwas launched to help students learn directly fromalumni about career opportunities and to provide a forum to networkwith national and global companies. The event has grownconsiderably in size and this year featured over 20 stands, a freenetworking lunch, panel discussionswith alumni and several careertalks. Over 300 students attended the day-long event and thefeedback continues to be positive.

“Employability is a priority for theUniversity and SOES graduates arehighly regarded in a number of industries and fields,” said JoanneDonahoe, AssociateDirector, Development&Alumni Relations. “Weappreciate the SOES alumniwho returned to speak to our studentsand themany companies that participated in the event.”

Studentswho attended said that it helped them to improve theirnetworking skills and their understanding ofwhat job opportunitiesexist after graduation. “It wasmotivating to know that there is lifeafterUniversity if you’re proactive, even in a recession,” commentedone student.

3rdAnnualCareers Event,NOCS 2011 Ph

oto:BarryMarsh

NationalOceanographyCentre,Southampton

Front cover photo:Undergraduatewinning teamcelebrate atNOCS.

Weextend a special thanks to everyone atNOCSwhohelped tomake theeventasuccess,particularly theGeolSoc andNOCSoc student volunteers.

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