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Membership of IODP Fund UK-IODP 2008 -2013

Membership of IODP Fund UK-IODP 2008 -2013. Oceans:- Cover plate boundaries Transport heat & CO 2 – change rapidly Continuous high-resolution records. 1) Non-riser drill ship JOIDES Resolution. For membership get access to:. 2) Mission-specific operations: Europe.

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Membership of IODP Fund UK-IODP 2008 -2013

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  1. Membership of IODP Fund UK-IODP 2008 -2013 Oceans:- Cover plate boundaries Transport heat & CO2 – change rapidly Continuous high-resolution records

  2. 1) Non-riser drill ship JOIDES Resolution For membership get access to: 2) Mission-specific operations: Europe 3) New Japanese riser drill ship, CHIKYU

  3. Scientific ocean drilling is essential because:- Need records with wide spatial distribution Only way of reliably recovering adequate core Short ship term charter uneconomic Specialised equipment & ship-board laboratories Ocean Drilling now investigates process-related Science First 3 years: Spectacular successes

  4. ECORD mounts mission-specific platforms – chartered to access otherwise inaccessible locations

  5. ACEX Micropalaeontology highlights fresh water Azolla fern spores Dinoflagellate cyst Drop stone Apectodinium augustum

  6. Drilling intact ocean crust – 1st down to Gabbros (NERC urgency grant supported shipboard formation scanner on expedition 312)

  7. Corals – very high resolution palaeoclimate & sealevel records Tahiti – mission specific expedition 310 Palaeoclimate

  8. Development of new climate/ocean circulation proxies Piotrowski et al., 2005, Science; & unpublished

  9. Riser drilling allows drilling in over-pressured, fluid-filled formations, in poorly consolidated formations and especially deep holes. New Opportunities: Deep riser drilling by Chikyu Kobe earthquake cost Japan $200 billion

  10. Excellent research – output x 6 per £ Central to meeting NERC’s strategic objectives: Earth system science, biodiversity, climate, hazards, technology, people, natural resources. Cross-disciplinary: vital to NERC’s strategic portfolio. Major international environmental programme. Major collaborative programme within Europe. Value for money:UK contributes ~ 2.5% of spend, uses ~ 12% of program UK involvement all research-active Universities, NERC Institutes UK program: 1) Enable participation – science & management. 2) Guarantee NERC & UK benefit from investment. Note only 25% of funding used in UK but this is vital for:- i) Site surveys which enable drilling proposals (e.g. Equatorial Pacific). ii) Grant funding enables scientists to capitalise competitively on their investment. iii) Fund outreach – ensure wide participation by community.

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