Call to Sail!

Special call for scientists with expertise in radiolarian micropaleontology, preferably with experience in the northwest Pacific region, to apply for Expedition 386. The deadline to apply for this special call is October 11, 2019 at 11:59 PM EDT.

IODP is now accepting applications for scientific participants on Expedition 386 Japan Trench Paleoseismology, aboard a Mission-Specific Platform (MSP) organised by the ECORD Science Operator (ESO) and jointly implemented with the Institute for Marine-Earth Exploration and Engineering (MarE3) within the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). At this time, it is envisaged that the offshore phase of Exp. 386 will take place on the R/V Kaimei for up to 50 days in spring and/or summer of 2020 (Apr-Aug).

To learn more about the scientific objectives of this expedition please watch this informational webinar held on 20 June 2019 here. More detailed expedition information: http://www.ecord.org/expedition386/

To apply please send through your APPLICATION TO SAIL to Leanne Armand – ANZIC Program Scientist anzic.programscientist@anu.edu.au

The ANZIC (Australia New Zealand IODP Consortium) Masterclass is a unique, not-to-be-missed opportunity for Year 2 or 3 students to learn get familiar with the cutting edge of marine geosciences.  Please contact

Lorna (l.strachan@auckland.ac.nz) or Ingo (i.pecher@auckland.ac.nz)

if interested.

ANZIC MASTERCLASS 2019, SYDNEY 2- 10 December, 2019.

ANZIC is pleased to announce its 2019 Masterclass in Sydney, hosted by University of Sydney (USYD) and Macquarie University (MQ), 2-10 December 2019.

DESIGN: This course will introduce students to the exciting world of marine geosciences through a combination of practical workshops, geological fieldwork and marine activities. Based around the Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS) the course will cover the background of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) and marine geoscience – delivered by marine geoscientists from Macquarie University, the University of Sydney, and CSIRO.

OPEN TO: The Masterclass is open to one excellent student from each Australian and New Zealand IODP member university who is completing 2nd or 3rd year. Students must provide a short written statement to their University leadership (up to 250 words) stating why they would like to participate in the Masterclass. Selection will be based on academic achievement and perceived benefit to a student’s course of study.

Please refer to the PDF flier in the link for more details: Masterclass_Sydney_2019.02

The next Marine Geosciences group meeting will take place at the usual time, 2^nd Tue. of the month, 1-2 pm

Tue. 13 Aug., 1-2 pm

303-G16

Two talks:

Abigail Willis: Examining bioturbation in deep-sea cores to see how quickly biodiversity returns after rapid deposition from a turbidity current:

Lorna Strachan: Disentangling turbidite tails from hemipelagites along the Hikurangi continental margin

The Proceedings of IODP Expedition 372 and 375 on the Hikurangi Margin have now been published:

http://publications.iodp.org/proceedings/372A/372Atitle.html

http://publications.iodp.org/proceedings/372B_375/372B375title.html

As semester 1 starts here in Auckland we welcome a new group of postgraduate students who are working with us.  We will highlight some of their work through the year, so watch this space.

MSc student Sian Camp pictured here examining sediment core from offshore Hawkes Bay, is working on a collaborative project with Dr Lorna Strachan (UoA @NZseds), Dr Geoffroy Lamarche (UoA @GLamarcheNZ) and Dr Katie Maier (NIWA) . Her research will focus on understanding the offshore depositional system of the Hawkes Bay slope.  Her project forms part of series of projects that will help establish a paleoseismological record for the Hikurangi margin.  This is part of a 5 year MBIE Endeavour funded project (https://www.eastcoastlab.org.nz/news/new-evidence-of-kaikoura-underwater-landslide-found-offshore-hawkes-bay/ ).

We would like to extend a very warm welcome to Thibault Romao who is visiting us for 5 months. Thibault, from the University of Bordeaux, is completing a 5 month research internship where he is working with Dr Lorna Strachan (UoA @NZseds) and Dr Helen Bostock (NIWA @HelenBostock5) on a project focussing on the depositional processes in deep-water Antarctica.