Theme
Drilling of Sediments from the Southern Alaska Continental Margin: 1
– Interactions of Tectonics, Climate, and Sedimentation
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Schedule
27 May – 27 Jul., 2013
D/V
JOIDES Resolution

Drilling Sites
Scientific objectives
Based on IODP Proposal 686-Full, this expedition will examine the ties between tectonically driven orogenic processes, glacial processes, and north Pacific and global climate by obtaining high-resolution late-Cenozoic sedimentary records across the southern Alaska continental margin. The primary objectives are (1) Document the tectonic response of an active orogenic system to Pliocene and Mid-Pleistocene climate change, (2) to establish the timing of Neogene advance and retreat phases of the Southern Alaskan Cordilleran Ice Sheet, (3) to determine the depositional history and glacial record of margin sediments, and (4) to document the behavior of the geomagnetic field at high temporal resolution to assess processes that control secular variation and geomagnetic polarity reversals.
Co-chief scientist
John Jaeger and Sean Gulick
Shipboard scientists from J-DESC
Name | Institution | Position | Expertise |
Itsuki Suto | Nagoya University | Assistant Professor | Diatom Micropaleontologist |
Akemi Fukumura | Nagoya University | Graduate Student | Diatom Micropaleontologist |
Susumu Konno | Yamagata University | Technical Assistant | Diatom Micropaleontologist |
Takanori Ojima | AORI, the University of Tokyo | Graduate Student | Physical Properties Specialist |
Arata Kioka | AORI, the University of Tokyo | Graduate Student | Physical Properties Specialist |
Azumi Kuroyanagi | AORI, the University of Tokyo | Post-doctoral Reseracher | Planktonic Foram Micropaleontologist |
Atsunori Nakamura | AORI, the University of Tokyo | Graduate Student | Inorganic Geochemist |
Hirokazu Mizunuma | Tohoku University | Graduate Student | Radiolarian Micropaleontologist |
Other info
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If you are a student, you need to submit recommendation letter from your supervisor.
If you are a master student, onboard adviser will be needed.
Support for shipboard scientists from J-DESC
J-DESC supports Japan-based IODP shipboard scientists. Applications are required to be submitted to J-DESC support to get any support. Please contact us to get the information.
Contact
J-DESC support
c/o JAMSTEC/CDEX
E-mail: info at j-desc.org