JOIDES Resolution Facility Board

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1 10 January, 2017 Anthony Koppers JR Facility 10 January 2017, SEP Board, Chair Update by Anthony Koppers Slide 1 of 12

2 Outline 1 JOIDES Resolution Schedule FY A Five Expeditions in FY (one extra per year) 1B Two Antarctic Expeditions (need ice breaker support) 2 Long-term JR Track and Update on Proposal Pressure in the broader Atlantic Region 3 Dealing with Site Survey Data Requiring an Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) 4 Miscellaneous JRFB Updates 4A Looking ahead to FY B JOIDES Resolution operator Mid-Term Reviews 4C New SEP co-chair, JRFB and CAB members, 897-APL Southern Ocean Cretaceous Anoxia, next EPSP meeting Update by Anthony Koppers Slide 2 of 12

3 1A. New JR Schedule FY * Fiscal Year 1 Oct - 30 Sept Proposal Expedition Title FY 17 P832 Tasman Frontier Subduction FY 18 E APL Australia Cretaceous Climate and Tectonics and OAE2 Black Shales FY 18 P841-APL + P781A (1 of 2) Combined Expedition Creeping Gas Hydrate Slides and LWD portion of Hikurangi Observatory FY 18 P751 ** West Antarctic Ice Sheet Climate (Ross Sea) FY 18 P781A (2 of 2) Hikurangi Observatory (CORK installations) FY 18 P818 Brothers Arc Flux FY 18 Non-IODP Mandatory 5-year Inspection JOIDES Resolution FY 19 P567 South Pacific Paleogene FY 19 Non-IODP, JR100 Short 2-4 weeks (move from Tahiti to Punta Arenas, Chile) FY 19 P839 ** Amundsen Sea Ice Sheet History * Subject to funding being available for ship operations in FY ** Subject to the availability of an ice-breaker in support of JOIDES Resolution operations around Antarctica (if required) Update by Anthony Koppers Slide 3 of 12

4 1B. New JR Schedule FY Antarctica s Cenozoic ice and climate history Ø Three JRFB proposals form a coherent West Antarctic Margin transect illuminating spatial and temporal variations of past ice sheet dynamics Ø Pursueing a scenario with 3 expeditions in 3 seasons Ø Improved understanding of underlying processes, thresholds and magnitudes of previous West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) retreats and collapses, with implycations for sea level rise 848 Weddell Sea (at SEP) Update by Anthony Koppers Slide 4 of 12

5 2. Long-Term JR Cruise Track UPDATED MAP (calendar years) FOLLOWING JRFB MEETING OF MAY 2016 Update by Anthony Koppers Slide 5 of 12

6 2. Long-Term JR Cruise Track INCLUDING PROPOSALS REVIEWED DURING SEP SUBMITTED 1-OCT-16 ❻ FULL North Atlantic 16 PRE ❽ FULL South Atlantic ❸ FULL Gulf Region ❷ JRFB ❼ JRFB ❸ FULL Southern Ocean Update by Anthony Koppers Slide 6 of 12

7 2. Long-Term JR Cruise Track Proposal Pressure is improving in the Atlantic (!) Ø In the South Atlantic the vast majority are now in the FULL1 (not revised yet) stage Ø If these do well in SEP, EPSP and JRFB, then they can develop into an expedition by > April 2019 (mid-late FY19) at the earliest OCT 2016 JAN 2017 APR 2017 JUN 2017 OCT 2017 JAN 2018 MAY 2018 JUL 2018 SEPT 2018 > APR 2019 PROPONENT ACTION IODP PANELS FULL1 FULL2 PRL SEP Ask for Revision SEP Send Out for External Review SEP Approve, Rate and Forward to JRFB JRFB May put Proposal on Expedition Schedule Safety Package EPSP Approve Sites SAILING EXPEDITION Update by Anthony Koppers Slide 7 of 12

8 3. Non-Disclosure Agreements IODP Proposal Confidentiality Policy (approved by JRFB in February 2015) Ø Proposals are confidential throughout the entire review process up to scheduling at the JRFB Ø All SEP members/participants agree that they will not disclose or disseminate proposal contents or discuss the proposal outside the context of their role with IODP Ø Proponents are responsible for identifying any confidential information (through labeling) Ø Proponents are responsible for ensuring removal of confidential information prior to release of the proposal document Update by Anthony Koppers Slide 8 of 12

9 3. Non-Disclosure Agreements However, in some cases, some proposals cannot proceed without Industry Data requiring an Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) Ø Proponents are responsible to bring the need for an NDA to the attention of the SSO/SEP Ø Proponents need to show that the standard IODP Proposal Confidentiality Policy is not adequate for their proposal Ø Proponents need to engage the company legal department and provide a template for the NDA So far, we successfully have worked with three proponent teams, who required NDA s to use industry data in their IODP proposals Update by Anthony Koppers Slide 9 of 12

10 4A. Looking Ahead to FY SEP proposal process for regional planning of JR ship track works very efficiently and is agile Ø Need to keep stimulating timely submissions for FULL/REVISED proposals in the South Atlantic Ø Need to wake up community to start submitting PRELIM/FULL proposals for the North Atlantic, Arctic and the adjacent seas Circumnavigation requires new Indo-Pacific proposals for Ø This was a consensus statement from the very first JRFB meeting in May 2013 Ø Generate sufficient proposal pressure post-2013 Update by Anthony Koppers Slide 10 of 12

11 4B. JRSO Mid-Term Reviews JRSO FY2015 review panel (chair B. John) met in February 2016 following a two-day long co-chief scientist review (chair C. Fulthorpe) Both NSF and the JRFB have been very pleased with this 3 rd year status report, showing that the facility is being operated efficiently, expediently and economically JRSO FY2016 mid-term review panel (chair M. Torres; co-chair L. Krissek) will meet end of February 2017 again in conjunction with a two-day long co-chief scientist review (chair L. McNeill) Update by Anthony Koppers Slide 11 of 12

12 4C. Miscellaneous JRFB Updates Sean Gullick (Univ. of Texas) new SEP co-chair for site characterization (replacing D. Mallinson) Wolfgang Bach (Germany) and Liping Zhou (China) new JRFB science members (replacing A. Roberts and R. Anma) Beth Christensen (US) and Dick Arculus (ANZIC) are new Curatorial Advisory Board (CAB) members; Mike Lovell (ECORD) is the new chair 897-APL Southern Ocean Cretaceous Anoxia was added to Expedition 369 (forwarded SEP1606) Next EPSP meeting 2-3 May 2017 to deal with proposal 877-CPP2 (Flemings) site review Update by Anthony Koppers Slide 12 of 12