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2ECORD Newsletter # 14 - May 2010 - www.ecord.orgNigel WardellFrom the Council ChairIn the last six months IODP has continued with thelevels of intense activity that began in March 2009, withall three platforms operational. In October the Chikyusuccessfully completed Expedition 322, NanTroSEIZE Stage2: Subduction input, sampling the basaltic pillow lavas fromthe subsiding Philippine Sea Plate. Following the ShatskyRise Expedition, the JOIDES Resolution moved down to thesouthern hemisphere to undertake the Canterbury Basin andWilkes Land expeditions that were postponed from last year.Meanwhile, ESO is currently operating an MSP in the GreatBarrier Reef Environmental Changes project off Australia.Following a rather lean phase in the program, we have now hadan impressive total of ten drilling expeditions in 12 months!Closer to home, as EMA Director Catherine Mével pointsout on page 9, the ECORD Council meeting in Rome inNovember saw a number of new faces. This is a positivedevelopment, bringing new ideas into ECORD at a timewhen we are discussing the new program post 2013 and Iwould like to welcome them all to Council. However, at thesame time, remembering that ‘new’ faces mean that ‘old’ faceshave moved on to other assignments. One of these who wasparticularly missed was the UK delegate, Chris Franklin. Chriswas one of the founding members of ECORD in 2003 andheld the Chair for three terms during his tenure as CouncilMember. His knowledge, experience and attention to detailwere invaluable in Council. I would like to thank Chris forhis dedication and contributions to ECORD and wish him allthe best in his new assignment.One other ‘old hand’ who is moving on - into retirement -is Dan Evans the Science Manager of ESO (pages 2-3). Thesuccess of the mission-specific platform concept is in a largepart due to Dan’s untiring effort and dedication, and I takethis opportunity to thank him on behalf of Council and towish him all the best in his retirement. Council has recognisedthat the success of the MSP concept has given an additionaland important European dimension to IODP and is activelyplanning for another two MSP expeditions before the end ofthe current program.In fact, the success of the MSP concept has encouraged newproposals to IODP in areas such as recent climate changeand natural hazards hitherto regarded as inaccessible to theprogram. One of the fundamental questions for ECORD inthe new program will be the balance between contributing tothe co-mingled funds and ensuring participation for Europeanscientists in JOIDES Resolution and Chikyu expeditions, andfinancing and running MSP expeditions. I feel that both cancontribute greatly to the scientific goals of the program andshould be equally pursued.One thing is for certain; the current IODP program is backon track delivering the science that only comes from oceandrilling. And a rich schedule of drilling is still planned tocomplete the current phase of the program. Participationin the program is important for the science community inevery contributing country and scientists, especially youngones who can carry the torch forward, should be given everyencouragement to submit applications to the expeditions andthus experience at first hand this unique science program.Nigel Wardell, ECORD Council Chair, October 2009 toMarch 20102. From the Council Chair3. ESO News3. NJSS Expedition - First results8. ECORD Outreach & Education9. From the EMA Director10. ESSAC Updates12. Workshops and Conferences15. ‘A Letter from Spain’16. The role of IWG+17. Report from a DLP Lecturer18. EPC during MSP expeditions20. IODP-MI in TokyoThe ECORD Newsletter is published twice a year by the ECORD Outreach Team - Patricia Maruéjol (EMA), Alan Stevenson andAlbert Gerdes (ESO) and Jenny Lezius (ESSAC) - who are grateful to all authors who have contributed to this issue.Electronic version is available for download at: http://www.ecord.org/pub/nl.htmlContact: Patricia Maruéjol, ECORD Managing Agency, ema@ipgp.fr - Imprint:Vagner Graphichttp://www.ecord.orgFront cover: All pictures are from the Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes Expedition operated by ECORD from February 11 to April 6, 2010.Clockwise: Greatship Maya, the drillship of the expedition (Dave Smith©ECORD/IODP), Coral Sea sunset and cores lying in racking inside the reefer(Carol Cotterill©ECORD/IODP).
ECORD Newsletter # 14 - May 2010 - www.ecord.org 3David McInroyNewsAlan StevensonThe last few months have been a busy period for ESO,and there have been some changes in the managementstructure. In the last issue of the ECORD Newsletter wementioned that the New Jersey Shallow Shelf (NJSS)Expedition Onshore Science Party had just started at thebeginning of November. Ursula Röhl provides a full reportof the OSP below and Albert Gerdes describes some of theoutreach activities that took place while the scientists werein Bremen. NJSS Staff Scientist Dave McInroy provides anupdate on the progress made by the scientific team since theOSP ended.The Onshore Science Party of the New Jersey Shallow Shelf Expedition.The Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes (GBREC)Expedition was due to start about the same time that theNJSS Onshore Science Party was taking place, however dueto a change in the vessel that was contracted to carry outthe coring, the GBREC expedition was postponed. Thework finally got underway in February 2010, when theESO team and members of the science party left Townsville,Queensland to embark on their 7 week expedition. A fullreport on the expedition and the OSP, which is scheduled forThe Greatship Maya, drillship of the GBREC Expedition.July 2010, will be included in the next ECORD Newsletter.At the time of writing, the expedition has about another7-8 days to go. Despite some technical difficulties and someunfavourable weather, the Co-Chief Scientists Jody Websterand Yusuke Yamamoto report that they are pleased with thecoring results that have been obtained.A significant change in management of ESO has recentlytaken place. At the end of April 2010, Dan Evans will retirefrom the British Geological Survey. Dan has been ScienceManager with overall responsibility for co-ordination ofESO since it was established in 2003. Dan’s expertise andcompanionship will be greatly missed by all of his colleaguesin ESO, and throughout the broader IODP community, andwe wish him well in his retirement. Dan has agreed to remainas an adviser to ESO, similar to the arrangement made withformer ESO Operations Manager Alister Skinner, so we willcontinue to see him occasionally and will be able to draw onhis vast experience in IODP.Dan’s departure hasresulted in a slight reorganisationof themanagement structureof ESO; as of March 15,day-to-day managementand the ESO ScienceManager role wastaken over by DavidMcInroy. Dave has alsobeen involved in ESOsince its inception andhas taken part in theACEX, Tahiti and NewJersey MSP expeditions - the latter two as Staff Scientist.Dave has also represented ESO on a number of IODP/ECORD committees and so is well known to the oceandrilling community. To assist Dave during the transitionalphase following Dan’s retirement, Robert Gatliff has beenappointed as ESO Chair. As Head of Marine Geoscience,Robert is a senior member of the BGS management team- he has more than 30 years experience in marine scienceand spent a large part of his early career overseas. Robertwill assist Dave in the co-ordination role within the ESOconsortium and will represent ESO at some of the IODPCommittees, such as the Science Planning Committee, andwill be involved in IWG+. The new Science managementteam is expected to hit the ground running and will of coursebe assisted by the very experienced ESO Managers withresponsibility for the Bremen Core Repository, EuropeanPetrophysics Consortium and the Operations, Data andOutreach Managers at BGS.Alan Stevenson, ESO Outreach ManagerDavid McInroy, ESO Science Manager
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