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Director's Welcome

Welcome to this month’s edition of the ANZIC Bulletin – the first since I joined the team as Director on 1 July. It’s been great to further immerse myself in the ANZIC community, and I’m looking forward to meeting more of you as I work with you all to guide our consortium into the next phase of its future. 

 

We are now at a critical juncture in our history. The current phase of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) is coming to an end in 2024 and the US-operated drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution – the workhorse of the IODP program for over 45 years – is nearing its end of life. Partners in this international collaboration across 21 countries are planning for the program’s continuation beyond 2024. This next phase will be united under the recently established 2050 Science Framework, IODP’s 25-year vision for Exploring Earth by Scientific Ocean Drilling. 

 

ANZIC’s participation in IODP is also at a pivotal point, as we await the outcome of our efforts to secure continuity of Australian funding and position ourselves as a vital part of our national research infrastructure. There are some exciting opportunities for greater alignment, and I look forward to sharing details of this as the process progresses. 

 

Finally, for the first time in many months we have a full complement of staff in the ANZIC Office ready to drive our transition into this next phase: myself, Program Manager Dr Sarah Kachovich, Administration Officer Kelly Kenney, and our newly commenced part-time Communications Officer, Jenifer Waters. We look forward to supporting the incredible work taking place across Australia and New Zealand and creating more opportunities for members – both onboard and on land. 

 

Dr Ron Hackney 

Director, ANZIC-IODP 

 

Left to right: Sarah Kachovich (ANZIC Program Director), Kelly Kenney (Administrator), Ron Hackney (ANZIC Director)
& Jenifer Waters (Communications), with Leanne Armand (pictured) watching over the ANZIC Office in the background

ANZIC IODP Legacy Analytical Funding (AILAF) - CALL
 
APPLY HERE

ANZIC Marine Geoscience Masterclass 2022

ANZIC Member Institutions will need to select their student nominees by 30 August 2022 and send to
ANZIC Secretariat: iodp.administrator@anu.edu.au
Resources and further information can be found on our website: https://iodp.org.au/anzic-masterclasses/

The Leanne Armand Travel Fund

Photo credit: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377839822000111
Painting credit: Dr Sarah Kachovich

This award has been set up in honour of the Late Professor Leanne Armand (Feb 1968 - Jan 2022). Leanne was Director of the Australian and New Zealand IODP Consortium (ANZIC) and was also Professor of Micropalaeontology at The Australian National University (ANU). Leanne was a world leader on marine diatoms which she successfully used to reconstruct the waxing and waning of sea ice in the Southern Ocean. She was passionate about training up the next generation of scientists and was an advocate for diversity and inclusion.  Funds were donated towards this award by family members, colleagues and friends of Leanne to help train up the next generation of microfossil experts. An obituary for Leanne is available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377839822000111.

The award is set up for postgraduate and Early to Mid Career Researchers based in Australia and is to be administered by the Australasian Quaternary Association (AQUA). The award consists of a travel stipend to maximum of A$3000 and is offered at most once a year to a single candidate.  Preference will be given to travel where the applicant is seeking to learn microfossil identification or advanced characterization techniques from an expert(s).
 
More information or to make donations: https://iodp.org.au/the-leanne-armand-travel-fund/
Applications for this year close on 1 September 2022 and are to be sent directly to AQUA’s President president@aqua.org.au

ECORD Summer School - Downhole Logging Webinar
 
The recent online ECORD Summer School (4-8 July) brought together a diverse international group of students, introducing them to the interpretation and applications of downhole logs and physical property data primarily from IODP. Participants explored the relevance and unique insights of the data for a range of fields, including paleoclimatology, sedimentology, hydrogeology, and broader geological and ecological processes such as sediment provenance and water column productivity.  
 
ANZIC was represented by three participants, who share their experiences below: 

"The five-day virtual ECORD summer school: Downhole Logging for IODP Science brought me so much new knowledge of petrophysics and made me more confident in explaining the logging data from IODP. Scientists from IODP Mission Specific Platform Expeditions, DV Chikyu, and United States NSF took us through IODP history, the operation of different IODP platforms and also the ways to access IODP resources (e.g., logging datasets). I strongly recommend students and ECRs join the summer school. Very valuable experience." 
Zhongxuan Li, Macquarie University  
 
"The ECORD Summer School, which ran in 2022 and focused on petrophysics and downhole logging, was such a worthwhile experience. I learnt so much from the professionals who presented, hearing their experience working with IODP and out at sea. The theoretical lectures, followed by practicals, not only helped me learn how to interpret downhole logging data, but helped me connect with other participants attending from around the world. I particularly enjoyed learning about gas hydrates, and Mission Specific Platforms (or MSPs). As an undergraduate, I have an increased awareness of careers open to me and an even greater motivation to one day work with IODP at sea!" 
Emily Conn, University of Queensland 
  
"There was overall 4 days of lectures and exercises presented by experienced researchers about everything from the history and future of IODP, to specific voyages, the process of an expedition as well as the essential mathematics and the inevitable Excel calculations. Not only were the lecturers incredibly knowledgeable but the other attendees really made it a welcoming and interesting learning experience. Personally, my favourite bit was the Zoom tour of the JOIDES Resolution whilst it was out on a voyage as well as a particularly fascinating discussion on methane hydrates, a topic I had only briefly touched on before.” 
 Imogen McDermott, Australian National University  
 

Get into Earth & Marine Science (GEMS)

On 22 July, ANU Research School of Earth Sciences (RSES) welcomed Year 9 and 10 students from across Canberra as part of the Get into Earth and Marine Sciences (GEMS https://earthsciences.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/gems-2022 ) program for an action-packed day of workshops showcasing the diversity of research in earth and marine sciences. 
 
ANZIC Program Manager Dr Sarah Kachovich introduced students to IODP and scientific ocean drilling through an engaging presentation on The Day the Dinosaurs Died, exploring evidence of the 66-million-year-old giant asteroid impact that wiped out all the (non-avian) dinosaurs. Participants were able to get hands-on access to replica cores taken from this and other key sites and learn how to read the archives left in sediments. Sarah also shared her experience working on JOIDES Resolution, inspiring the young participants to explore the vast potential of a career in marine sciences. 

ICP14  Bergen Abstract Call - ANZIC Community


Have you submitted an abstract to ICP14?

 Are you presenting data on scientific ocean drilling materials? If so, we want to share your amazing science with the ANZIC Community through our social media links!

Please send a copy of your abstract to ANZIC Secretariat: iodp.administrator@anu.edu.au

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - ECORD Facility Board

The European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD) is now accepting applications from active, leading international scientists to serve as Science Board Members on the ECORD Facility Board, the key forum for planning IODP mission-specific platform (MSP) expeditions, operated by ECORD. Within IODP, each platform provider uses a Facility Board to make and inform decisions on the effective use of its drilling facility in fulfilling the objectives of the IODP Science Plan.

Visit the website for further Information
https://www.ecord.org/science-board-members-on-the-ecord-facility-board/
When submitting your application, please copy the ANZIC Secretariat: iodp.administrator@anu.edu.au

Contribute to Future Planning:
Comment on the Draft Guidelines for Science Proposals using a U.S. Drillship
The comment period will be open until August 31, 2022
 
The JOIDES Resolution Facility Board (JRFB) invites the international community to provide comments and input on the recently released draft proposal guidelines. These guidelines are aimed at science proposals to use a future U.S. globally ranging, non-riser drilling platform to address the 2050 Science Framework.
 
https://iodp.org/draft-proposal-guidelines
 
  IODP - International Ocean Discovery Program

IODP Call for Proposals
The International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) explores Earth’s climate history, structure, mantle/crust dynamics, natural hazards, and deep biosphere as described in the IODP Science Plan (http://www.iodp.org/science-plan). IODP facilitates international and interdisciplinary research on transformative and societally relevant topics using the ocean drilling, coring, and down-hole measurement facilities JOIDES Resolution, Chikyu, and Mission-Specific Platforms (MSP).

This notice describes proposals that will be accepted for the October 3, 2022, deadline:
  • JOIDES Resolution: The JOIDES Resolution is scheduled through the end of IODP; therefore, new submissions are not requested. Revisions and addendums to any proposal that is already in the system will be accepted; these proposals could be transferred to a potential future program.
  • Chikyu: New Complementary Project Proposals (CPPs) are encouraged, but other new riser and riseless proposals for the Chikyu may not be submitted at this time. Revisions and addendums to any proposal that is already in the system will be accepted.
  •  Mission-Specific Platforms: MSP expeditions are planned to operate once a year to drill/core targets that are inaccessible by the other facilities (e.g., shallow water, enclosed seas, ice-covered seas) in any ocean basin until the end of 2024. After that date, MSP expeditions might be implemented in all drilling environments. New and revised MSP proposals for any ocean basin are welcomed.
For more information on the submission process, please visit: https://www.iodp.org/proposals/submitting-proposals
 

Opportunities

Deadline: 31st July 2022
Information: https://www.ecord.org/?ddownload=15969
 


27-30 September 2022, Graz, Austria
Deadline: 31st July 2022
Information: https://www.ecord.org/?ddownload=16031
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Workshop: Southern Ocean super-transects: connecting recent IODP drilling
 
The recent suite of Southern Ocean IODP expeditions presents our community new opportunities to make connections across the Southern Ocean. This workshop will include a brief presentation of the recovery and settings of the recent Southern Ocean IODP expeditions (Ross Sea, Amundsen Sea, Iceberg Alley, DYNAPACC), followed by discussion on questions that could be addressed by connecting across these distances.
 
The workshop will take place on Monday 29 August and is part of the Antarctic Science Platform Hui (29 Aug to 02 Sep 2022) held at Victoria University of Wellington, Pipitea Campus, Rutherford House.
 
For more information, please contact Joe Prebble or Christina Riesselman


Deadline: 31st August 2022
Website/Flyer: http://cosnica.uni-graz.at/


Deadline: 15 September 2022
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Future Events

https://www.gsnz.org.nz/news-and-events/geoscience-conference-2022/

Geoscience Conference 2022 » Geoscience Society of New Zealand
 


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https://aesc2023.com.au/

Publications

July 2022 ANZIC Member Publications 

Trench floor depositional response to glacio-eustatic changes over the last 45 ka, northern Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand, by Adam Woodhouse, Philip M. Barnes, Anthony Shorrock, Lorna J. Strachan, Martin Crundwell, Helen C. Bostock, Jenni Hopkins, Steffen Kutterolf, Katharina Pank, Erik Behrens, Annika Greve, Rebecca Bell, Ann Cook, Katerina Petronotis, Leah LeVay, Robert A. Jamieson, Tracy Aze, Laura Wallace, Demian Saffer & Ingo Pecher, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2022.2099432 

Depositional rate, grain size and magnetic mineral sulfidization in turbidite sequences, Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand, by Atsushi Noda, Annika Greve, Adam Woodhouse & Martin Crundwell, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2022.2099910 

Biostratigraphically constrained chronologies for Quaternary sequences from the Hikurangi margin of north-eastern Zealandia, by Martin P. Crundwell & Adam Woodhouse, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2022.2101481 

Hydrothermal Alteration Within the Brothers Submarine Arc Volcano, Kermadec Arc, New Zealand, Andrew  Martin, John Jamieson, Cornel de Ronde, Susan Humphris, Stephen Roberts, Christopher MacLeod, Yuanfeng Cai, Chao Zhang, Lucy Schlicht, Tatsuo Nozaki, Economic Geology, DOI: 10.5382/econgeo.4962 

Plio-Pleistocene Ocean Circulation Changes in the Gulf of Alaska and Its Impacts on the Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles and the Cordilleran Ice Sheet Development, by Maria Luisa Sánchez Montes, Oscar Romero, Ellen Cowan, Juliane Müller, Christopher Moy, Jeremy Lloyd, Erin McClymont, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology DOI: 10.1029/2021PA004341 

Beryllium isotope variations recorded in the Adélie Basin, East Antarctica reflect Holocene changes in ice dynamics, productivity, and scavenging efficiency, by Bethany Behrens, Yusuke Yokoyama, Yosuke Miyairi, Adam Sproson, Masako Yamane, Francisco Jimenez-Espejo, Robert McKay, Katelyn Johnson, Carlota Escutia, Robert Dunbar, Quaternary Science Advances DOI: 10.1016/j.qsa.2022.100054 

Latest Cretaceous and Paleocene biostratigraphy and paleogeography of northern Zealandia, IODP Site U1509, New Caledonia Trough, southwest Pacific by Erica Crouch, Chris Clowes, Ian Raine, Laia Alegret, Margot Cramwinckel & Rupert Sutherland, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2022.2090386 

Santonian deep sea benthic foraminifera from IODP Site U1513, Mentelle Basin (SW Australia): Reactions of benthic foraminiferal assemblages to surface water cooling at southern high latitudes, by Erik Wolfgring, Maria Rose Petrizzoa, Kenneth MacLeod, Brian Huber, David Watkins DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2022.102152 


Selected July IODP Publications 

Sustained mid-Pliocene warmth led to deep water formation in the North Pacific, by H. L. Ford, N. J. Burls, P. Jacobs, A. Jahn, R. P. Caballero-Gill, D. A. Hodell & A. V. Fedorov, Nature Geoscience. DOI: 10.1038/s41561-022-00978-3 

Astronomically controlled aridity in the Sahara since at least 11 million years ago, by Anya  Crocker, David Naafs, Thomas Westerhold, Rachael James, Matthew Cooper, Ursula Röhl, Richard Pancost, Chuang Xuan, Colin Osborne, David Beerling & Paul Wilson, Nature Geoscience DOI: 10.1038/s41561-022-00990-7 

Diversity dynamics of microfossils from the Cretaceous to the Neogene show mixed responses to events, by Katie Jamson, Benjamin Moon, Andrew  Fraass, Palaeontology DOI: 10.1111/pala.12615 

Tectonic degassing drove global temperature trends since 20 Ma, by Timothy Herbert, Collen Dalton, Honghui Liu, Andrea Salazarweimin, Douglas Wilson, Science DOI: 10.1126/science.abl4353 

ANZIC Meetings
 

 

ANZIC Governing Council Meeting             20 October 2022
ANZIC Science Committee                        2 November 2022

Next IODP Meetings

Chikyu IODP Board, 30-31 August 2022, Kobe, Japan
IODP Forum, 14-15 September 2022, Palisades, NY, USA
PMO Meeting 16 September 2022, Palisades, NY, USA
ECORD Facility Board, 20-21 September 2022, Aix-en-Provence, France
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