Letter from the USAC Chair – July 2011
I was very impressed with the strong community voice concerning the JOIDES Resolution schedule. Although the cost of transit to the Southern Alaska Margin expedition still requires its delay to 2013, IODP commingled funds have allowed Expedition 342 “Newfoundland Paleogene and Cretaceous Sediment Drifts” to be put on the schedule for June-August 2012.
Letter from the USAC Chair – May 2011
Dear Colleagues,
As emphasized in the article on page 8 of Core Discoveries, community input is vital to the new drilling program. The new Science Plan outlines where we want to go. Drilling proposals provide the road map to achieve our goals. The scientific community should begin proposing ideas in all disciplines for future scientific drilling. [...]
Program Update: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program – April 2011
During the month of April, the JOIDES Resolution completed the IODP Costa Rica Seismogenesis Project (CRISP) Expedition and began the IODP Superfast Spreading Rate 4 Expedition.
Virginia Museum of Natural History Hosts Distinguished Lecture, School and Teacher Workshops
The Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville hosted a lecture by Oceanographer Dr. James Cowen titled “Life Deep Beneath the Ocean: The Most Remote Biosphere on Earth” on Friday, February 25 at the museum.
Letter from the USAC Chair – December 2010
I was recently asked to speak about scientific ocean drilling at the 2011 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting.
Program Update: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program – November 2010
While the JOIDES Resolution wraps up IODP Expedition 329 South Pacific Gyre Microbiology, IODP staff at Ocean Leadership has been focused on preparing for the annual AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, which will be held from December 13 – 17, 2010.
Program Update: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program – October 2010
The JOIDES Resolution is currently in transit to the second site for IODP Expedition 329 South Pacific Gyre Microbiology, which will address fundamental questions about the subseafloor biosphere by examining the composition, metabolisms, and structure of microbial communities within sediments characterized by low food availability and minimal habitation by marine microbes.
Letter from the USAC Chair – September 2010
Please help shape the future of scientific ocean drilling by providing input on the draft science plan. I have just returned from the IODP Science Planning Committee meeting and an IODP symposium associated with the International Conference on Paleoceanography.
2010-2011 Schlanger Scientific Ocean Drilling Fellowship Program Winners Named
The Consortium for Ocean Leadership is pleased to announce the selection of the 2010-2011 Schlanger Ocean Drilling Fellowship recipients.
Program Update: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program – July 2010
Currently, the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program has two expeditions underway. The JOIDES Resolution began IODP Expedition 327 Juan de Fuca Hydrogeology on July 5 in Victoria, Canada.
Letter from the USAC Chair – March 2010
The U.S. Advisory Committee for Scientific Ocean Drilling (USAC) met last month in Austin, Texas. We had a fruitful meeting with enthusiastic discussions about recent expeditions, science support, education and outreach, and activities aimed at planning for the next drilling program.
AGU Chapman Conference on Detachments in Oceanic Lithosphere: Deformation, Magmatism, Fluid Flow, and Ecosystems
[ May 8, 2010 to May 16, 2010. ] Oceanic core complexes (OCCs) are deep sections of the oceanic lithosphere exhumed to the seafloor by long-lived detachment faults formed along the flanks of ultra-slow to intermediate-spreading mid-ocean ridges.
