Announcements
General Announcements:
- AGU is accepting nominations for the prestigious Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize. Nominate your peers by April 15, 2021.
- NSF has released a Dear Colleague Letter to request interest in proving a multi-decadal drilling vessel to support future international scientific ocean drilling.
- The new IODP Code of Conduct and Anti-Harassment Policy has been approved by IODP's Program Member Offices.
- The JOIDES Resolution Science Operator has updated its operations schedule for 2021 and 2022 in light of decisions by the JRFB and constraints due to COVID-19.
- IODP sample requests are being accepted but completion and shipment of requests may be delayed due to COVID-19. For the current status of each IODP core repository, contact the repository curator.
Meeting Outcomes:
- February 2021 JRFB Working Group on Science Framework Proposal Requirements and Assessments Meeting (consensus items)
- January 2021 Science Evaluation Panel Meeting (minutes)
- January 2021 JRFB Working Group on Science Framework Proposal Requirements and Assessment Meeting (consensus items)
- December 2020 JRFB Working Group on Science Framework Proposal Requirements and Assessment Meeting (consensus items)
- December 2020 IODP Town Hall - Dr. Terry Quinn's (NSF OCE Division Director) Presentation
- November 2020 Special Meeting of the JOIDES Resolution Facility Board (minutes)
- September 2020 IODP Forum and PMO meetings (consensus items)
New Reports and Publications:
- Expedition 363 (Western Pacific Warm Pool), Hole U1490A Data Report: Refinement of Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy from the late Oligocene to the Pleistocene
- Expedition 379 (Amundsen Sea West Antarctic Ice Sheet History) Proceedings
- Expedition 391 (Walvis Ridge Hotspot) Scientific Prospectus Addendum
- Expedition 396 (Mid-Norwegian Continental Margin Magmatism) Scientific Prospectus
- Scientific Drilling, Volume 28
- Expedition 385 (Guaymas Basin) Preliminary Report
- Expedition 384 (Engineering Testing) Preliminary Report
Recently Completed (September 2020): JOIDES Resolution Engineering Testing
Expedition 384 performed engineering testing at sites of opportunity in the North Atlantic. Testing focused on deep (>1 km) drilling and coring in igneous ocean crust, following some recommendations made by the Deep Crustal Drilling Engineering Working Group and the JR Facility Board.
Recently Completed (February 2020): South Pacific Paleogene Climate
This JOIDES Resolution expedition studied climate and oceanographic conditions during the Cenozoic by targeting sediments deposited during the very warm late Paleocene and early Eocene in the southern Pacific Ocean.
JOIDES Resolution Ship Track
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As approved by the JRFB in May 2020. |