ANZIC Bulletin May 2017
In this issue:
News from the office
Science Meets Parliament report
http://iodp.org.au/wp-content/uploads/ANZICs-Bulletin-Issue-3-31-May-2017.pdf
Reminder: OAR Meeting Friday 10am Staff Club
Hi all. A reminder about Friday’s meeting (10am, Staff Club) to discuss Otago Core Analysis and Handling facilities:
Two topics to cover – facilities requirements and database requirements. Your input at this meeting will define what we end up with for the next few years so its very important you think about your requirements in advance. Continue reading
IODP/GeoDiscoveryNZ email list + Report to Division of Sciences by 30 May.
I’ve been asked by the NZ IODP/GeoDiscoveryNZ (formerly DrillNZ) office to update the email contact list to which they send things.
The list of people they currently email is below. It does not = the addressee list of this email, which also includes those of you who are on our ‘scientific.drilling@otago.ac.nz’ mailing list. Note that I usually duplicate the emails they send on the Otago Scientific Drilling Blog (as I will this one), and if you think you can keep up with news that way better then you don’t need to also be on this list.
If you want to be removed from the list, or added to it please email me personally by lunchtime tomorrow (Friday 26 May).
Also, we need to provide an updated report on Scientific Drilling-related activities to the Division of Sciences by 31 May. Can you please advise me by Weds 30 May of
1. Any Sci Drilling-related publications you have been involved in within the last year
2. Any workshops or drilling projects you have participated in
3. Any funding you have been awarded to work on data or samples from Scientifc Drilling projects, even if this is only a minor component of the funded project. Does not have to be an official IODP or ICDP project.
4. Any Sci Drilling outreach you have been involved with
5. Any new postgrads or postdocs working on drillcore
Otago Analytical Core Repository (OAR) – Meeting 2 June 10am.
Hi all
I’d like to pass on the excellent news that the Division of Sciences has agreed to support the proposed Otago Analytical Core Repository (OAR) from its Strategic Fund. That means that, for the next couple of years, we have some funds to establish an Otago-wide core database, and a centralised facility for doing work on core, for setting up some containers that we can use as science labs on drillsites, and for having a ‘transitional facility’ for potentially biologically-contaminated cores coming from overseas. There are also some funds there to support administrative and technical support.
Gary and I – with Bob Dagg’s assistance – are now working on the fine details of a budget – including precise costs from suppliers. We would like your feedback on this, and to have the opportunity to discuss the whole concept with you, and so invite you to meet with us on:
Friday 2 June, 10-11am in the Otago Uni Staff Club
We will circulate a proposed budget and plan in advance of this meeting.
Thanks
Virginia and Gary
Call for applications IODP Expedition 377: Arctic Ocean Paleoceanography (ArcOP)
Dear colleagues
We are now accepting ANZIC applications from scientists in our member institutions for scientific participation in an extremely exciting and innovative ECORD expedition in the Arctic Ocean with the offshore phase in the latter half of 2018. We are guaranteed one scientific place. The links in the attachment provide more scientific background. Opportunities exist for researchers (including graduate students) in all ocean drilling specialties. While other expertise may be considered, specialists in the following fields are required: sedimentology, paleontology, palynology, organic geochemistry, inorganic geochemistry, structural geology, paleomagnetics, microbiology, physical properties, geophysics, stratigraphic correlation and downhole logging. For the offshore phase of the expedition, we are particularly looking for the following fields: sedimentology, paleontology, organic geochemistry, inorganic geochemistry, microbiology, physical properties, and petrophysics/downhole logging.
The applicants will either be part of 1) the limited offshore party (European autumn 2018) and the onshore sampling party in Bremen in early 2019 or 2) the larger onshore sampling party. Please specify whether you are interested in the offshore-onshore or onshore-only aspects of the Expedition. Please note that there is no option to participate offshore-only. For the offshore phase of the expedition, they are particularly looking for the following fields: paleontology, sedimentology, organic geochemistry, inorganic geochemistry, physical properties, and petrophysics/downhole logging.
