J-DESC is accepting applications to J-DESC Core School Basic Core Analysis Course from international IODP community.
*ATTENTION*: Lectures and practical trainings will be presented basically in Japanese. Participants can ask questions in English at any time. The textbook is prepared in English.
Course Outline
Date and Venue
12-15 March, 2020==> Due to COVID-19 effect, this course has been cancelled.
- Kochi Core Center (Nankoku city, Kochi, Japan)
Target
This course is mainly for students and early-career scientists who have interest in core description and non-destructive measurements of marine sediment core.
Coordinators
- Dr. Minoru Ikehara (Kochi Univ.)
- Dr. Go-ichiro Uramoto (Kochi Univ.)
- Dr. Naokazu Ahagon (JAMSTEC)
- Dr. Ken Ikehara (GSJ, AIST)
Lecturers
- Ken Ikehara @GSJ, AIST
- Minoru Ikehara @KCC, Kochi Univ.
- Tomohisa Irino @Hokkaido Univ.
- Go-ichiro Uramoto @KCC, Kochi Univ.
- Yusuke Kubo @KCC, JAMSTEC
- Junichiro Kuroda @AORI, Univ. of Tokyo
- Osamu Tadai @Marine Works Japan Ltd.
- Toshio Hisamitsu @KCC, JAMSTEC
Tutors
- Kazutaka Yasukawa @FRCER, Univ. of Tokyo
- Yuji Kato @KCC, Kochi Univ.
Language
Japanese (partially English*)
* Lectures and practical trainings will be presented basically in Japanese. Participants can ask questions in English at any time. The textbook is prepared in English.
Practice items
- Outline of IODP program
- Lithofacies description
- Smear slides
- Nondestructive testing technique
- X-ray CT scanner
- Visual core description
- Multi-Sensor Core Logger (MSCL)
- Spectrophotometer
Participation fee
- Registration fee: 1,000 Japanese Yen
- Other expenses (including dormitory charges for 3 nights, meal charges, banquet fee) : approx. 10,000 Japanese Yen
Travel support
Please ask to your appropriate IODP Program Member Offices.
http://www.iodp.org/about-iodp/program-member-offices
How to apply
Send an email to J-DESC Support (info [at] j-desc.org) with your information as follow (*** Those items are required for taking out an insurance) ;
- Full name
- Institution
- Position (grade)
- Gender
- Date of birth
- Email address
- Field of expertise
- Motivation for participation
Application deadline
14 February, 2020 (JST)
Contacts
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the following persons;
(About this course)
Dr. Go-ichiro Uramoto
uramoto.go [at] kochi-u.ac.jp
(About the application)
J-DESC Support Office
info [at] j-desc.org