Join ANZIC for this special hybrid RSES Seminar featuring Dr Carmine Wainman, Basin Analyst at Geoscience Australia, as he explores what we’ve learned from IODP Site U1512 in the Bight Basin. The event will be held in the Jaeger 1 Seminar Room at the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU Acton campus. Join us there at 4pm on Tuesday 11 October and connect with Dr Wainman and the ANZIC team over free pizza and refreshments, or follow the link to attend online.

Biography

Dr Carmine Wainman holds an MSci in Geology from the University of Southampton, UK and a PhD in Geosciences from the University of Adelaide. He currently works at Geoscience Australia since November 2021 as a Basin Analyst in the Advice, Investment Attraction and Analysis Branch in the Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London. Carmine has over nine years of industry and research experience both in Australia and the UK including with the RSK Group, Woodside Energy and the University of Adelaide. He participated on the International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 369 in late 2017, investigating Australian Cretaceous climate and tectonics.

Abstract

Five years ago, the International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 369 was in the middle of drilling at hole at Site U1512 in the Great Australian Bight. Despite the recovery of a near-complete 700 m succession of silty claystone, the core yielded few secrets as to what it represented, much to the frustration of everyone on board at the time. The core subsequently lost attention with more impressive results emanating from drill sites in the Mentelle Basin. However, subsequent multi-disciplinary analysis of the core has revealed a rich, comprehensive story of marginal marine settings in the southern high latitudes and the response of the Bight Basin to the Cretaceous Greenhouse. 

In this talk, Dr Wainman will share the latest findings of the lower Turonian to upper Santonian silty claystone succession, including what it can tell us about environmental instability in the basin and fluctuating sedimentary provenance as Australia slowly broke away from Antarctica. The talk will also explore life on board the JOIDES Resolution during the two-month expedition and the importance of continuing the scientific ocean drilling program from an ECR’s perspective.

Click here to find out more and access the live stream.

Got a scientific ocean drilling proposal in mind? The ANZIC Science Committee and the ANZIC Office are committed to supporting our community in preparing and submitting new or resurrected proposals – but we need your input! 

Please take a moment to complete our short survey so we can learn more about what you’re seeking to do, how it aligns with the 2050 Science Framework, and whether you’d like us to host an informal webinar outlining the proposal process. We’d also love to hear about drilling ideas that are not yet developed so we can try connect you with collaborators or projects, or provide a workshop to develop the idea further. 

This survey is open to anyone in Australia or New Zealand who is considering a drilling project in any ocean, or international collaborators considering drilling projects in ANZIC waters. We also welcome ICDP proposal ideas. 

Deadline: 16 September 2022

Members of the ANZIC community are invited to provide feedback on the draft report on Science Mission Requirements for a globally ranging riserless U.S. drilling vessel to address high priority scientific objectives outlined in the 2050 Science Framework: Exploring Earth by Scientific Ocean Drilling. This report has been prepared by a steering committee of the U.S. Science Support Program (USSSP) at the request of the National Science Foundation, and is the culmination of an extensive process that included the U.S. community survey, a series of online workshops, and an in-person workshop held in Chicago in May 2022.

The draft report has now been posted for community feedback from U.S and non-U.S. members of the IODP community, with a submission deadline of 16 September 2022. This is an opportunity for the global ocean research community to provide input on a critical facility necessary to carry out the aims of the 2050 Science Framework.

View the full report here.

An IODP Mission Specific Platform Expedition organised by the ECORD Science Operator (ESO) 

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 23 September 2022

Timing 

Where to apply

For further details from ESO, please contact: David McInroy, ESO Science Manager, dbm@bgs.ac.uk 

Australasian Quaternary Association (AQUA)

The Leanne Armand Travel Award

This award was set up in honour of the Late Professor Leanne Armand (Feb 1968 – Jan 2022). Leanne was Director of the Australian and New Zealand Consortium [ANZIC] and was also Professor of Micropalaeontology at The Australian National University [ANU]. Leanne was a world leader on marine diatoms which she successfully used to reconstruct the waxing and waning of sea ice in the Southern Ocean. She was passionate about training up the next generation of scientists and was an advocate for diversity and inclusion.  Funds were donated towards this award by family members, colleagues and friends of Leanne to help train up the next generation of microfossil experts. An obituary for Leanne is available on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2022.102095

The award is set for postgraduate and Early to Mid Career Researchers based in Australia and is to be administered by the Australasian Quaternary Association [AQUA].

The award consists of a travel stipend to the maximum of A$3000 and is offered at most once a year to a single candidate.  Preference will be given to travel where the applicant is seeking to learn microfossil identification or advanced characterization techniques from an expert(s).

Applicants for the award must provide a document up to three pages containing; (1) a brief research biography including details of their current research project; (2) the benefits of the travel grant for their research; (3) details of the opportunity (e.g. workshop or specialist conference) or expert(s) willing to host the applicant; and (4) a budget listing anticipated expenses. In addition, a letter of support is required from the applicant’s supervisor Application for this award is on condition of travel insurance being provided by the applicant’s institution.

A successful awardee must provide a letter of acceptance by the expert offering assistance and the proposed timing and duration of the visit.

Upon completion of the award, the applicant is to submit a report to be published in the AQUA newsletter.

Up to three official members of the AQUA committee, as well as two members of the Research School of Earth Sciences [RSES] at the ANU to be designated by its Director, are to oversee the applications once a year set by a date advertised on the AQUA web site as well as the RSES web site.

Conditions of the funds:

• The funds are to be spent within a year of them being awarded.

• The funds are to be administered by the AQUA Treasurer.

• Once the funds have expired, this travel award will no longer be offered.

Applications for this year close on September 1, 2022 and are to be sent directly to AQUA’s President.

Applications to: president@aqua.org.au

Application close: 1 September 2022

Donations

If you would like to donate to The Leanne Armand Travel Fund, please contact the ANZIC Office for further details: iodp.administrator@anu.edu.au or alternatively +61 2 6125 3420.

Special Call for: Physical Properties Specialist, Stratigraphic Correlator/Cyclostratigrapher, Micropaleontologist (nannofossils, diatoms, or radiolarians)

 Deadline for applications to ANZIC: 18 July

Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate (Expedition 395) will investigate mantle upwelling beneath Iceland, which supports the regional bathymetry and has led to changes in the height of oceanic gateways that control the strength of deep-water flow over geologic timescales. This drilling program contains three objectives: (1) to test contrasting hypotheses for the formation of V-shaped ridges that are the result of interaction between the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Iceland plume; (2) to understand temporal changes in ocean circulation and explore connections with plume activity; and (3) to reconstruct the evolving chemistry of hydrothermal fluids with increasing crustal age, varying sediment thickness, and crustal architecture.

Expedition 395 is based on IODP Proposal 892-Full2 (Mantle Dynamics, Paleoceanography and Climate Evolution in the North Atlantic Ocean) and will target the sediments and igneous basement along with downhole logging at sites east of the Reykjanes Ridge. Five sites have already been visited during Expeditions 384 and 395C, in support of Expedition 395. For more information on Expeditions 395 and 395C refer to the Expedition website: https://www.iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/expeditions/reykjanes_mantle_convection_and_climate.html

The proposed sites intersect V-shaped ridges/troughs pairs and sample the Bjorn and Gardar sediment drifts. Millennial-scale paleoclimate records are contained within rapidly accumulated sediments of contourite drifts in this region. The accumulation rate of the sediments is a proxy for current strength, and the sediments also provide constraints for climatic events including Pliocene warmth, the onset of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation, and abrupt Late Pleistocene climate change. Major, trace and isotope geochemistry of basalts will allow us to observe spatial and temporal variations in mantle melting processes. This combined approach will explore relationships between deep Earth processes, ocean circulation, and climate.

WHO SHOULD APPLY: We encourage applications from qualified scientists (including graduate students) in: (1) physical properties; (2) stratigraphic correlation with an emphasis in cyclostratigraphy; and (3) and biostratigraphers specializing in Neogene nannofossils, diatoms, or radiolarians.

The JOIDES Resolution Science Operator (JRSO) is committed to a policy of broad participation and inclusion, and to providing a safe and welcoming environment for all participants. Good working knowledge of the English language is required.

COVID-19 Protocol: The JRSO has created a protocol to safely operate during the COVID-19 pandemic. If pandemic conditions have not improved by summer 2023, the expedition may need to sail with a reduced shipboard contingent. However, all participants will maintain their designation as science party members regardless of whether they sail or not, and will have equal access to all expedition data and core materials. The protocol is available here: http://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/JR_COVID-Mitigation-Protocols.pdf.

ANZIC is excited to announce that we will be supporting an an Australia/New Zealand ANZIC member applicant to attend the ECORD Summer School – Sea level, climate variability and coral reefs program, September 5-16 2022 at the MARUM – center for Marine Environmental Sciences and IODP Bremen Core Repository, University of Bremen, Germany.

ECORD website/information: https://bit.ly/3ji7sFW

ECORD Summer School flyer:https://bit.ly/35Pq50C

Eligibility

• To be eligible to apply you must be affiliated to an ANZIC member Institution or partnered organisation.
• To be eligible for this support you must be an honour student, Masters, PhD or a Postdoc.
• Successful applicant must have their sign off by their institution DVC-Research or other appropriate institutional level, that their institution approves their travel and will insure them for that travel to and from the destination.
• It is agreed that Institutions will cover any additional cost related to delays to a return or additional quarantine costs.
• You will have a valid passport. Visa expenses will be covered by ANZIC but organised by the applicant and reimbursed.

Application & Selection Process

Applications are now being accepted and we would encourage you to apply if you are a Honours student, Masters, PhD or Postdoctoral.

Online Application Form.

The deadline for applications is on 31 May 2022.

Suc­cess­ful ap­p­li­cants will be no­ti­fied by e-mail about ad­mis­si­on in June 2022. Af­ter re­cei­ving the ac­cep­tan­ce let­ter, admitted participants will be required to notify ANZIC of their acceptance. The ANZIC science committee will determine who will be the successful candidate for participation support. ANZIC will confirm your participation via email with ECORD and payment will be made for the course fee.

Travel Support

ANZIC provides travel support for the successful ANZIC participant;

• Travel to and from Bremen, Germany
• Accommodation and Breakfast for the duration of the course
• Transfer to and from airport (reimbursement)
• Course fee
• Any visas if required (you must have a valid passport)
• Cost of any pre-flight COVID-19 tests (reimbursement)

NOTE: Travel support will only be provided once you have met all the eligibility requirements and approved by the ANZIC Science Committee.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Apply to participate in JOIDES Resolution Expedition 400: NW Greenland Glaciated Margin

12 August to 12 October 2023

The sea-level consequences of anthropogenic climate forcing hinge on how the polar ice sheets respond to global warming. If fully melted the Greenland Ice Sheet has the potential to raise sea-level by >7 m. We know very little of its long-term responses to past climate warming or its role in Earth’s climate system. IODP Expedition 400 seeks to address current knowledge gaps in the evolution and variability of the northern Greenland Ice Sheet (NGrIS). The key science objectives are:

(1) to determine maximum and minimum NGrIS configurations during the Pleistocene, from shelf edge glaciation to hypothesized complete ice loss, e.g. during super-interglacials; (2) test the glacial response to pCO₂ across the early ice house stage of the middle Cenozoic;  (3) unravel NGrIS erosion history and sedimentary response across major transitions, e.g. Mid-Miocene Transition and Mid-Pleistocene Transition; and (4) reconstruct the Pliocene ocean circulation and northward heat advection through Baffin Bay and potential Arctic ocean gateways.

These objectives will be accomplished by transect-drilling at seven sites to depths of 300-1000 m across the northwest Greenland margin into Baffin Bay. The seven sites will provide a composite stratigraphic succession from Oligocene through the Quaternary. The key targets are: (a) a continous Pleistocene succession representing a deep water channel-drift that forms the distal part of the Melville Bay Trough Mouth Fan; (b) multiple intervals of potential interglacial deposits preserved within intra-shelf depressions; (c) contourite deposits of likely Pliocene age, accessible below a thin glacigenic cover; and (d) a hemi-pelagic basin succession of likely Miocene age exposed by glacial erosion on the inner shelf. Downhole wireline logging is planned for several sites. 

For more information on the expedition science objectives and the JOIDES Resolution schedule see http://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/. This page includes links to the individual expedition web pages with the original IODP proposals and expedition planning information.

Application deadline: 1 June 2022

WHO SHOULD APPLY: We encourage applications from all qualified scientists. The JOIDES Resolution Science Operator (JRSO) is committed to a policy of broad participation and inclusion, and to providing a safe, productive, and welcoming environment for all program participants. Opportunities exist for researchers (including graduate students) in many shipboard specialties, including sedimentologists, biostratigraphers (microfossil and palynomorph), organic geochemists (including biomarkers and sedDNA), inorganic geochemists, microbiologists, physical properties specialists/borehole geophysicists (including downhole measurements and stratigraphic correlation), and paleomagnetists. We are especially interested in recruiting scientists keen to engage in multidisciplinary research. Good working knowledge of the English language is required.

Two Information Sessions – No registration needed!

The IODP Science Support Office will hold two office hours focused on the Site Survey Data Bank (SSDB), the data submission system for IODP proposals. During the session, SSDB experts will be available to answer your questions about the SSDB system and the process for submitting data. Registration is not required; simply bring your questions. The first session will be held on April 14 at 07:00 PDT (April 14 at 14:00 UTC), and the second on April 14 at 19:00 PDT (April 15 at 02:00 UTC). Join either session at:

https://ucsd.zoom.us/j/98347061164?pwd=dC9KTGdUTTgrOEhXNjkybnJmSThkQT09