Mission au Maroc. There and Back Again. Ruža Ivanović & Rachel Flecker
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1 Mission au Maroc or There and Back Again Ruža Ivanović & Rachel Flecker
2 SPAIN Messâdit Loulja A Ain el Beida Oued Akrech Zobzit 4 MOROCCO 0
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8 How to... Lab-field-lab Target samples on paper
9 How to... Lab-field-lab Target samples on paper Use map and GPS to find approximate location
10 How to... Lab-field-lab Target samples on paper Use map and GPS to find approximate location Drive (all terrain) and walk
11 Mediterranean section: Messadit
12 How to... Lab-field-lab Target samples on paper Use map and GPS to find approximate location Drive (all terrain) and walk Compare section with paper
13 How to... Lab-field-lab Target samples on paper Use map and GPS to find approximate location Drive (all terrain) and walk Compare section with paper Observe
14 Messadit rock types Bioturbated mudstone, 7.5m Bioturbated laminated ash
15 Messadit rock types Basal unconformity: conglomerate overlain by laminated ash Halimeda packstone, top of section
16 Messadit rock types High porosity paper-shale diatomite, ~56m
17 How to... Lab-field-lab Target samples on paper Use map and GPS to find approximate location Drive (all terrain) and walk Compare section with paper Observe, sketch
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19 How to... Lab-field-lab Target samples on paper Use map and GPS to find approximate location Drive (all terrain) and walk Compare section with paper Observe, sketch and log
20 How to... Lab-field-lab Target samples on paper Use map and GPS to find approximate location Drive (all terrain) and walk Compare section with paper Observe, sketch and log
21 What the sediments tell us about Messadit Energy level generally low [O 2 ] variable anoxic bottom water commonly associated with diatomite Coarsening-upwards Water depth evolves shallow-deep-shallow
22 How to... Lab-field-lab Target samples on paper Use map and GPS to find approximate location Drive (all terrain) and walk Compare section with paper Observe, sketch and log Sample and photograph
23 How to... Lab-field-lab Target samples on paper Use map and GPS to find approximate location Drive (all terrain) and walk Compare section with paper Observe, sketch and log Sample and photograph Ship it!
24 How to... Lab-field-lab Target samples on paper Use map and GPS to find approximate location Drive (all terrain) and walk Compare section with paper Observe, sketch and log Sample and photograph Ship it! In the lab: washing, picking, cleaning & mass-spec
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27 Correlation Van Assen et al 2006
28 Atlantic section: Ain el Beida
29 Sed response to orbital forcing Ptolemais quarry, Greece Orera section, Spain Punta di Maiata, Sicily, Italy Gibliscemi section, Sicily, Italy
30 Correlation with Mediterranean sections Krijgsman et al 2004
31 Project partners: Bristol (Geography & Chemistry), Glasgow (SUERC) Utrecht (Earth Sciences) and Salamanca (Oceanic Geosciences) Universities and REPSOL (Madrid) Associate partners: Casablanca, CASP, Montpellier, ONYM, Petrostrat, National Oceanography Centre Great training and career prospects in both academia and the oil industry; Fieldwork in Morocco and Spain with additional opportunities for international travel; Excellent EU pay rates (>46,000 / yr) Application form Closing date: 1 st March 2012 Interviews: April 2012 Start: July-Sept 2012 For more details, contact Dr Rachel Flecker (Network Coordinator): r.flecker@bristol.ac.uk MEDGATE An EU-funded Marie Curie Initial Training Network to reconstruct the flow patterns between the Mediterranean and Atlantic 5-10 million years ago, when ~6% of the world's sea salt was precipitated in the Mediterranean. PhD positions Quantitative constraints on the palaeogeographic evolution of the Betic-Riffian corridors from surface and subsurface data Reconstructing the Messinian Betic Strait from sub-surface data in the Guadalquivir basin, Spain Isotopic constraints on patterns of exchange through the Betic-Riffian Straits Assessing the impact of exchange on Mediterranean temperature and salinity Mio-Pleistocene reconstruction of Mediterranean Outflow through the Gulf of Cadiz Faunal constraints on margin to deep basin correlation across the Levantine continental margin during the MSC Reconstruction of surface and deep water environments along the Riffian Portal during the MSC Modelling gateway evolution and its impact on Mediterranean salinity and circulation Modelling the impact of Late Miocene MOW on ocean circulation in the Atlantic Post-doc position Mio-Pliocene evolution of the western end of the Moroccan Corridor, offshore Rharb Basin
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