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USAC10 February 2010
Austin, Texas
United States Implementing Organization (USIO)
IODP-USIO USAC Report
JOIDES Resolution operations
Completed expeditions
Operations schedule
Expedition planning & implementation
Technical activities
Publication services
Education activities
Public relations
USIO staff changes
Non-IODP activities
JOIDES Resolution Expeditions 2009–2011
Expedition 323: Bering Sea Paleoceanography
Scientific Objectives• Pliocene–Pleistocene oceanography and climate history of the Bering
Sea
• Role of North Pacific deep and intermediate water production in
global climate
• Pacific-Arctic-Atlantic
connections
• Microbial respiration,
biomass, & community
composition in
subseafloor sediments
of the Bering Sea
(739-APL)
Expedition 323: Bering Sea Paleoceanography
Highlights
• 7 sites, 30 holes, 673 cores, 97% recovery, water depths 818-3174 m
• New APC depth record of 458.4 mbsf
• Characterization of North Pacific deep and intermediate water
masses
• Strong climate and sea level control of siliciclastic deposition
• High sedimentation rates at Bowers Ridge & Bering slope (12-14 cm/ky & 21-58 cm/ky)
• History of sea ice
• Significant microbiological activity at 700 mbsf
• 4 sites logged
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Expedition 324: Shatsky Rise Formation
Scientific objectives
• Investigate the age, sources, and evolution of Shatsky Rise
• Test the plume head versus plate tectonic hypotheses of oceanic plateau formation
Highlights• 5 sites, 5 holes, 111 cores,
water depths 3127-4056 m• 923 m cored, 470 m of igneous
basement (53% recovery), >120 m volcaniclastics
• Testing and improvement ofthe active WHC system
• 4 sites logged
Expedition 324: Shatsky Rise Formation
Highlights (continued)
• From 2-3 sites, suitable material was recovered to address the plume vs non-plume origin of Shatsky Rise by postcruise geochemical studies
• Recovered pattern of lava flows suggests initial eruptions were massive in the SW and waned with time to the NE
• Volcaniclastics are more widespread than previously thought and a significant component of the summit structures of Shatsky Rise
• Sediment facies, microfossils, & volcanic structures imply parts of Shatsky Rise were submerged in the Early Cretaceous
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Expedition 317: Canterbury Basin Sea Level
Highlights• 4 sites, 13 holes, 555 cores, 52% recovery, water depths 84-344 m
• Site U1352: Upper slope site (344 m depth, 1928 m penetration)– Deepest sediment hole and single-expedition hole in scientific ocean
drilling
– Records from Recent terrigenous sediments to Eocene limestone (35 Ma)
• Sites U1351, U1354, U1353: outer to inner shelf transect (85–122 m depth)– Upper Miocene to Recent sediment sequences
– High-recovery section through Recent and late Quaternary for study of glacial cycles in a continental shelf setting
– U1353 shallowest site drilled for science by JR
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Expedition 318: Wilkes Land Glacial History
Scientific objectives• Cenozoic glacial history of
East Antarctica
• Centennial to annual climate variability from Holocene laminated Adelie Drift sediments
• iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/sitesumm.html
JOIDES Resolution Operations Schedule
USIO Expedition Planning & Implementation
Postexpedition Sampling Parties
• PEAT (320/321): Gulf Coast Repository, 17-23 Oct 2009, 25,000 samples
• Bering Sea (323): Kochi Core Center, 30 Nov-9 Dec 2009, 30,000 samples
USIO Expedition Planning & Implementation
First (Editorial) Postexpedition Meetings • Bering Sea (323): 15–19 Feb 2010, College Station, Texas
• Shatsky Rise (324): 17–21 May 2010, College Station, Texas
• Canterbury Basin (317): 2–6 August 2010, College Station, Texas
Science Staffing
• Applications due to Program Member Offices by 15 January for
Juan
de Fuca, South Pacific Gyre Microbiology, & Louisville
Seamount Trail
• Spring 2010: expect to issue call for applications for CRISP,
Superfast,
& Mid-Atlantic Microbiology
USIO Expedition Planning & Implementation
Precruise & Planning Meetings
• Juan de Fuca Hydrogeology (327): planning meeting 2 Dec 2009
• Juan de Fuca Hydrogeology (327): precruise meeting 28-29 Jan
2010
• Cascadia CORK (328): planning meeting 22 Jan 2010
• South Pacific Gyre Microbiology (329): precruise meeting 8-9
Feb 2010
• Louisville Seamount Trail (330): precruise meeting 22-23 Feb
2010
• CRISP and Superfast will be implemented as separate
expeditions
• Mid-Atlantic Microbiology: planning meeting 11 Dec 2009
USIO Technical Activities
• Ongoing analytical systems improvements on JOIDES Resolution
and
work planned for post-Wilkes maintenance period
• External review to evaluate systems (timing TBD)
• Support for Chikyu Exp 322 (NanTroSEIZE Stage 2: subduction
inputs)
– Tools, calibration, and shipboard engineering staff
• Observatory planning & design support
– Juan de Fuca Hydrogeology
– Cascadia CORK
– Mid-Atlantic Microbiology
• Integration and testing of “Motion Decoupled Hydraulic Delivery
Telemetry System” used for DVTP deployment
• Pressure Core Sampler licensed for industry use
USIO Publication Services
• Scientific Prospectuses
– 325 publ, Juan de Fuca in prep, Cascadia in prep
• Preliminary Reports
– 319 publ, 322 publ, 323 on hold, 324 publ, 317 in prep, 313 in prep
• Editorial Postcruise Meetings (College Station)
– 320/321 compl; 313, 317, 319, 322, 323, 324 scheduled for Feb–Aug 2010
• Shipboard Support
– Publications Specialists on USIO expeditions 320, 321/321T, 323, 324,
317, 318– Publications Specialists on CDEX expeditions 319, 322
• Shore-based Support
– Publications Specialist assisted with Exp 313 onshore science party in
Bremen– Marine Works Japan (Chikyu) Technician training at TAMU for 6 months
USIO Education Activities
• Exp 320: USIO Education Director Leslie Peart
• Exp 321: Maarten in ‘t Hout (Zcene Moving Media videographer)
• Exp 321T: School of Rock (15 teachers, 11 US, 2 Europe, 2 Japan)
• Exp 323: Teacher at Sea Doug LaVigne (high school, Georgia)
• Exp 324: HBCU Educator Nasseer Idrisi (Univ. of US Virgin
Islands)
& Education Specialist Yuko Uchio (Tokyo Museum of Nature &
Sciences)
• Exp 317: Teacher at Sea Julie Pollard (middle school, Texas)
• Exp 318: Dan Brinkhuis (Zcene Moving Media videographer)
• Juan de Fuca: berths for educators, engineers, and students
• www.joidesresolution.org educational portal
• JR sites on Facebook, YouTube, TeacherTube, Twitter
USIO Public Relations
• Bering Sea (323) Victoria port call (organized with ECORD)
– University ship tours
• Shatsky Rise (324) Yokohama port call (organized with CDEX)– CDEX/JAMSTEC reception
– Press conference
– National Museum of Nature and Science ship tours
• Canterbury Basin (317) Townsville port call (organized with
ANZIC)– Press conference
– Ship tours
• Wilkes Land (318) Wellington port call (organized with ANZIC)– Press conference
– VIP ship tours and lunch
– Science talks at GNS Science
– Student ship tours and holiday program at City and Sea Museum
USIO Staff Changes
Ocean LeadershipDoug Fils: IT & DevelopmentGreg Meyers: Off-contract work and Engineering development and coordinationSarah Saunders: CommunicationsKris Ludwig: Communications
LamontAlberto Malinverno: Head of Science Services GroupGerardo Iturrino: Manager of EngineeringEric Meissner: Senior Engineering Project Manager
Science Support
Engineering
Logistics
Operations
Science Ops
Technical Support
Analytical Systems
Technical & Analytical Services
HR
Management Analysis
Curation
Business Services
IT & Support
Applications Development
Databases
Development, IT and Databases
Editing
Production
Graphics
Publications Coordinator
Publications
Director
USIO-TAMU Organization
Non-IODP Activities
• Greg Myers at Ocean Leadership is overseeing engineering
activities and pursuing non-IODP work
• “Riserless Mud Return System” (DeepStar project)
– Feasibility study was completed in December 2008
– COL trying to obtain funding for vessel modifications and
field test
Yokohama, Japan