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USAC10 February 2010

Austin, Texas

United States Implementing Organization (USIO)

IODP-USIO USAC Report

JOIDES Resolution operationsCompleted expeditionsOperations 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 andwork 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