Dear ANZIC members,
Special call for paleontologist (shore-based nannofossil specialist)
For contingency operations of IODP Expedition 358, we would like to call a paleontologist who has a background of late Miocene to Pleistocene calcareous nannofossils.
We welcome a person who can immediately process the samples as a shore-based scientist. Samples for paleontology will be sent from Chikyu during middle-late March 2018.
During the contingency operation on March 2018, we plan to drill Site NT1-03C at the toe of frontal accretionary prism and Site KB-1B at the Kumano Forearc Basin, both in the Nankai Trough. For Site NT1-03C, middle Pleistocene to modern slope sediments, early to middle Pleistocene trench-fill sediments, and late Miocene to Pliocene hemipelagic sediments are expected to comprise the hanging wall of the frontal thrust, whereas late Miocene to Pliocene trench-fill sediments are expected to underthrust. For Site KB-01B, Pliocene to Pleistocene forearc basin sediments as well as underlying late Miocene (?) accretionary prism sediments are expected.
If you are interested please contact Sean Toczko sean@jamstec.go.jp or iodp.administrator@anu.edu.au
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