Call for participation in J-DESC Core School [Basic Core Analysis course]

J-DESC is accepting applications from foreign students in Japan to the Basic Core Analysis course and the Core Isotope Analysis course of J-DESC Core School.

*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.

Basic Core Analysis Course

* Call for the Core Isotope Analysis Course is here.

Overview

Date

17-20 March, 2022

Venue

Kochi Core Center, Nankoku city, Kochi, Japan

Target

For students and early-career scientists in Japan who have interest in core description and non-destructive measurements of marine sediment core.

Participation fee

1,000 Japanese Yen

*Other expenses (including dormitory charges for 3 nights, meal charges): approx. 10,000 Japanese Yen

Application deadline

17 February, 2022 (JST)
*first-come first-served

Travel expenses support for J-DESC members

Maximum 10,000 Japanese Yen/ person

Please select “Yes” to the question “Do you need travel expenses support? “ on the application form.

How to apply

Fill the application form. (See below)

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.

Lectures

• Outline of IODP
• Introduction to Visual Core description
• Introduction to Smear slides
• Introduction to Non-destructive measurement
• Introduction to core curation

Practice items

• X-ray CT scanner
• Visual core description
• Smear slides
• Multi-Sensor Core Logger (MSCL)
• Spectrophotometer

Coordinators

• Goichiro Uramoto (Kochi Univ.)
• Minoru Ikehara (Kochi Univ.)
• Takeshi Arimoto (JAMSTEC)

Lecturers

• Ken Ikehara @GSJ/AIST
• Minoru Ikehara @KCC, Kochi Univ.
• Tomohisa Irino @Hokkaido Univ.
• Goichiro Uramoto @KCC, Kochi Univ.
• Yusuke Kubo @ KCC, JAMSTEC
• Junichiro Kuroda @ AORI, Tokyo Univ.
• Osamu Tadai @ Marine Works Japan Ltd.
• Toshio Hisamitsu @KCC, JAMSTEC

Lecture

Color Measurement

Visual Core Description

Contact

If you have any questions or concerns about this course, please feel free to contact with J-DESC support office. (info [at] j-desc.org)

Basic Core Analysis course

• Name*
• Affiliation (Institute)*
• Affiliation (Department)*
• Position / Grade (B4, M1, D1 etc)*
• Gender*
• Date of Birth (YYYY/MM/DD)*
• Supervisor * Student only
• Affiliation address*
• Instituton Telephone*
  * Not the main telephone number of university
• E-mal Address*
  * Fill the address without limit of the number of the characters
• Field of Expertise*
• Travel Expenses Support * J-DESC member ONLY
  • YES
  • No
  * Student from J-DESC members ONLY
• Reason(s) for Interest
  * The coordinators use this for selection of participant.
• Notification of meal
  *Food allergy, religion etc...
• Notification for coordinators
  * If you would like to participate to the Isotope course also, please write here and apply via application form. And any other notifications.