Scientific Drilling (Oct 2018)
Developing community-based scientific priorities and new drilling proposals in the southern Indian and southwestern Pacific oceans
- R. McKay,
- N. Exon,
- D. Müller,
- K. Gohl,
- M. Gurnis,
- A. Shevenell,
- S. Henrys,
- F. Inagaki,
- F. Inagaki,
- D. Pandey,
- J. Whiteside,
- T. van de Flierdt,
- T. Naish,
- V. Heuer,
- Y. Morono,
- M. Coffin,
- M. Godard,
- L. Wallace,
- S. Kodaira,
- P. Bijl,
- J. Collot,
- G. Dickens,
- B. Dugan,
- A. G. Dunlea,
- R. Hackney,
- M. Ikehara,
- M. Jutzeler,
- L. McNeill,
- S. Naik,
- T. Noble,
- B. Opdyke,
- I. Pecher,
- L. Stott,
- G. Uenzelmann-Neben,
- Y. Vadakkeykath,
- U. G. Wortmann
Affiliations
- R. McKay
- Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand
- N. Exon
- Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, 0200, Australia
- D. Müller
- School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW2006, Australia
- K. Gohl
- Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
- M. Gurnis
- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
- A. Shevenell
- College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701, USA
- S. Henrys
- GNS Science, Lower Hutt, 5040, New Zealand
- F. Inagaki
- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokohama 236-0001, Japan
- F. Inagaki
- Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, JAMSTEC, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8502, Japan
- D. Pandey
- National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Vāsco Da Gāma, Goa-403 804, India
- J. Whiteside
- University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
- T. van de Flierdt
- Department of Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
- T. Naish
- Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand
- V. Heuer
- Organic Geochemistry Group, MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany
- Y. Morono
- Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, JAMSTEC, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8502, Japan
- M. Coffin
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
- M. Godard
- Géosciences Montpellier, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
- L. Wallace
- GNS Science, Lower Hutt, 5040, New Zealand
- S. Kodaira
- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokohama 236-0001, Japan
- P. Bijl
- Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- J. Collot
- Service Géologique de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, New Caledonia
- G. Dickens
- Department of Earth Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
- B. Dugan
- Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401-1887, USA
- A. G. Dunlea
- Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
- R. Hackney
- Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT 2609, Australia
- M. Ikehara
- Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan
- M. Jutzeler
- School of Natural Sciences and Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences (CODES), University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
- L. McNeill
- University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
- S. Naik
- CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa-403 004, India
- T. Noble
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
- B. Opdyke
- Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, 0200, Australia
- I. Pecher
- School of Environment, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
- L. Stott
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- G. Uenzelmann-Neben
- Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
- Y. Vadakkeykath
- CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa-403 004, India
- U. G. Wortmann
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, ON, M5S 3B1, Canada
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-24-61-2018
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 24
pp. 61 – 70
Abstract
An International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) workshop was held at Sydney University, Australia, from 13 to 16 June 2017 and was attended by 97 scientists from 12 countries. The aim of the workshop was to investigate future drilling opportunities in the eastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific Ocean, and the Indian and Pacific sectors of the Southern Ocean. The overlying regional sedimentary strata are underexplored relative to their Northern Hemisphere counterparts, and thus the role of the Southern Hemisphere in past global environmental change is poorly constrained. A total of 23 proposal ideas were discussed, with ∼ 12 of these deemed mature enough for active proposal development or awaiting scheduled site survey cruises. Of the remaining 11 proposals, key regions were identified where fundamental hypotheses are testable by drilling, but either site surveys are required or hypotheses need further development. Refinements are anticipated based upon regional IODP drilling in 2017/2018, analysis of recently collected site survey data, and the development of site survey proposals. We hope and expect that this workshop will lead to a new phase of scientific ocean drilling in the Australasian region in the early 2020s.