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USAC10 February 2010

Austin, Texas

United States Implementing Organization (USIO)

IODP-USIO USAC Report

JOIDES Resolution operations

Completed expeditions

Operations 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

and

work 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