Reports on Deep Earth Sampling and Monitoring No.3, September 2006 ISSN: 1816-8957  Download Journal (6.85 MB)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Science Reports
IODP Expeditions 304 & 305 Characterize the Lithology, Structure, and Alteration of an Oceanic Core Complex  by Benoit Ildefonse, Donna Blackman, Barbara E. John, Yasuhiko Ohara, D.Jay Miller, Christopher J. MacLeod, and the IODP Expeditions 304-305 Scientists		..........................................................	4
Rapid Sedimentation, Overpressure and Focused Fluid Flow, Gulf of Mexico Continental Margin by Jan H. Behrmann, Peter B. Flemings, Cédric M. John,and the IODP Expedition 308 Scientists		..........................................................	12
Stages of Gas Hydrate Evolution on the Northern Cascadia Margin by Michael Riedel, Timothy S. Collett, Mitchell J. Malone, and the IODP Expedition 311 Scientists		..........................................................	18
The Lake Peten Itza Scientific Drilling Project by David Hodell, Flavio Anselmetti, Mark Brenner, Daniel Ariztegui, and the PISDP Scientific Party		..........................................................	25
Progress Reports
Building a Natural Earthquake Laboratory at Focal Depth DAFSAM-NELSAM Project, South Africa) By Ze’ev Reches and the DAFSAM and NELSAM teams		..........................................................	30
Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Deep Drilling Project Completes Coring by Gregory S. Gohn, Christian Koeberl, Kenneth G. Miller, Wolf Uwe Reimold, and the Scientific Staff of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Drilling Project		..........................................................	34
Muroto Project: Scientific Drilling of the Late Pliocene Forearc Basin Deposit on the West Coast of Muroto Peninsula, Shikoku, Japan by Yasuo Kondo, Masao Iwai, and Kazuto Kodama		..........................................................	38
Two Massive Hydraulic Tests Completed in Deep KTB Pilot Hole by Hans-Joachim Kümpel, Jörg Erzinger, and Serge A. Shapiro		..........................................................	40
Program Developments
Deep Drilling with the ANDRILL Program in Antarctica by David Harwood, Richard Levy, Jim Cowie, Fabio Florindo, Tim Naish, Ross Powell, and Alex Pyne		..........................................................	43
The Micropaleontological Reference Centers Network by David Lazarus		..........................................................	46
An Overview of IODP Scientific Publications by Emanuel Soeding, Dan Evans, Ann Klaus, Shin’ichi Kuramoto, Hans Christian Larsen, and Angie Miller		..........................................................	50
Workshop Reports
Investigating Maar Formation and the Climate History of Southern Argentina—the Potrok Aike Maar Lake Sediment Archive Drilling Project (PASADO) by Bernd Zolitschka, Hugo Corbella, Nora Maidana, and Christian Ohlendorf		..........................................................	54
HOTSPOT: The Snake River Scientific Drilling Project—Tracking the Yellowstone Hotspot Through Space and Time by John W. Shervais, Michael J. Branney, Dennis J. Geist, Barry B. Hana,, Scott Hughes, Alexsander A. Prokopenko, and Douglas F. Williams		..........................................................	56
Workshop on the Development of the CoreWall Suite of Applications by the CoreWall Steering Committee		..........................................................	58
News and Views
Upcoming Workshops		..........................................................	61
News Items SHALDRIL, ICDP Web site, School of Rocks		..........................................................	62
Roger Larson (1943–2006): Cretaceous Magnetic Reversals, Super-plumes, and the Tectonic Reconstruction of the Pacific by James H. Natland		..........................................................	64
Schedules
IODP and ICDP Expedition Schedules		..........................................................	BC