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Report on main EFB activities
and Progress Update
SEP 17-01
ECORD Facility Board (EFB)
Report and Progress Update
SEP, San-Diego, 10-12 January 2017
ECORD FB members (in red rotating off in 2017):
- Science Board: Gilles Lericolais (FRA), Chair
Dominique Weis (CAN), Vice-chair
Gerald R. Dickens (USA)
Stephen Gallagher (AUS)
Karsten Gohl (GER), Chair 2012-2015
Fumio Inagaki (JAP)
- ECORD Executive Bureau (ECORD Council core members, EMA, ESO,
ESSAC, E-ILP)
- Funding agencies (NSF, MEXT)
Mission-Specific Platform (MSP) proposals at EFB
2015 MSP expedition
2016 MSP expedition
Scheduled MSP proposals
MSP proposals in EFB waiting room
708
637
581
548 758
716 Exp. 357
Exp. 364
813
Mission-Specific Platform (MSP) proposals at EFB
2015 MSP expedition
2016 MSP expedition
Scheduled MSP proposals
MSP proposals in EFB waiting room
708
637 758-Full2 ‘Atlantis Massif’
581 (Früh-Green et al.)
716 548
Exp. 364 758
Exp. 357 - Exp. 357 in Oct-Nov 2015
- 10 drill sites with MeBo70 and
RockDrill-2 on RV James Cook
813
Exp 357-758-Full2 ‘Atlantis Massif’ (Früh-Green et al.)
Atlantis Massif Serpentinization and Life Expedition
Expedition 357 was realized in 2015, from
October the 26th to December the 11th on
the research vessel, RRS James Cook
carrying the BGS Rockdrill 2 and the
MARUM-MeBo seafloor drills.
• The expedition was a success
• A review committee was held in Bremen 24 and 25 October 2016 back to back
with the ESSAC council meeting. The Review Committee was composed of 2
external reviewers, Bo Barker Jorgensen and Christopher Macleod, and 3 EFB
Science Board members, Gilles Lericolais (Chair), Stephen Gallagher and
Karsten Gohl.
Exp 357 Operational Review Committee
MARUM – Bremen October 2016 ; 24 to 25
Panel Members:
Christopher MacLeod (Professor, Cardiff University) (external member)
Bo Barker Jørgensen (Professor, Aarhus University) (external member)
Gilles Lericolais (IFREMER)
Stephen Gallagher (University of Melbourne)
Karsten Gohl (Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven)
Exp 357 Operational Review Committee
MARUM – Bremen October 2016 ; 24 to 25
General evaluation
• Complexity of expedition. The panel acknowledges
the extraordinary complexity of this expedition
compared to previous expeditions and congratulate
all parties for achieving this remarkable success
despite exceptionally difficult circumstances.
Exp 357 Operational Review Committee
MARUM – Bremen October 2016 ; 24 to 25
Summary
• The panel notes that the expedition was successful in the main objective to
obtain hard rock material from nine sites distributed across the Atlantis
Massif. The penetration of the seafloor drills did not reach the target
depths but the cores were generally of good quality with recovery up to
75%. Furthermore, penetration depth was not as critical as the number
and location of coring sites.
• Although it was a considerable investment to bring along two seafloor
drills on the expedition it turned to be a good decision due to repeated
instrument downtime of both drills.
• It is considered important to give freedom to the science party, in
agreement with the IODP-MARUM staff, to modify procedures during the
onshore party to accommodate the special requirements of the specific
core material of the expedition.
• The panel stresses the importance to convey the IODP spirit and approach
among all participants.
Mission-Specific Platform (MSP) proposals at EFB
2015 MSP expedition
2016 MSP expedition
Scheduled MSP proposals
MSP proposals in EFB waiting room
708
637
581
716 548
Exp. 364 758
Exp. 357
813
548-Full3-Add ‘Chicxulub Crater‘
(Morgan et al.)
- Exp. 364 in April 2016
- 1 drill hole to
Exp.364-(548Full3-Add) Chicxulub Crater (Morgan et al.)
Chicxulub K-Pg Impact Crater
Expedition 364 was realized in 2016, from
5th April to 31st May on the Lift Boat
(L/B) Myrtle.
• The expedition budget was fixed to $8.5M
from ECORD budget
• 1330 m was reached !
• The expedition was also a success.
• Onshore Science Party: started 21st September and ended
15th October 2016
• Expedition review will be held in June 2017 in Lisbon back
to back with SEP meetingMission-Specific Platform (MSP) proposals at EFB
-
2015 MSP expedition
2016 ongoing xpedition
Scheduled MSP proposals
MSP proposals in EFB waiting room
708
637 708-Full ‘Arctic
581 Paleoceanography’ (Stein et al.)
548 758
716 Exp. 357
Exp. 364
- scheduled for Arctic summer 2018
-1 site with drill ship
- budget limit at $15M
813
813-Full-Add ‘Antarctic Paleoclimate’
(Williams et al.)
- scheduled for early 2018 (2017 was not
possible due to unavailable icebreaker)
- 8 sites with RockDrill-2 on RV N/B Palmer
- budget limit at $9MMission-Specific Platform (MSP) proposals at EFB
-
637-Full2 ‘New England Shelf
Hydrogeology’ (Person et al.) 2015 MSP expedition
- EFB waiting room 2016 ongoing expedition
Scheduled MSP proposals
- lift boat, jack-up MSP proposals in EFB waiting room
- cost estimate: ca. $32 or $14.5M 708
if only 2 holes at 3 sites
581-Full2 ‘Late Pleistocene
637
Coralgal Banks’ (Droxler &
581
Sager) 716 548 758
Exp. 364 Exp. 357
- EFB deactivated in June
2016
813
716-Full2 ‘Hawaiian Drowned
Reefs’ (Webster et al.)
- EFB waiting room
- geotech drill or MeBo200
- cost estimate: ca. $10.5M or
$4M if MeBo200 is usedMission-Specific Platform (MSP) proposals at EFB
-
2015 MSP expedition
2016 ongoing expedition
Scheduled MSP proposals
MSP proposals in EFB waiting room
Received from SEP 16-01
730-Full2 ‘Sabine Bank Sea-
708
Level’ (Taylor et al.)
- To be reviewed by EFB
- MeBo200
637 879 - No cost estimate yet
581
548 758
716 Exp. 357
Exp. 364
730
879-Full: Corinth Active Rift
Development (McNeill et al.) 813
- To be reviewed by EFB
- 3 primary & 3 alt.
sites, 357-862 m WD, 480-750 m
penetration depths
- ESO in discussion with proponentsECORD Facility Board - 2016 Proposal Evaluation
Note: 637-Full2+Add6: New England Shelf Hydrogeology
– The ECORD Facility Board contacts the proponents of proposal #637 ‘New
England Shelf Hydrogeology’ to inform them that despite the strength of
the proposal, other very strong and costly proposals were considered.
Thus, ECORD is not able to drill the present proposal within the next five
years at currently projected funding levels.
– The EFB encouraged the proponents to consider options for de-scoping the
proposal at a workshop. Nonetheless, we kept this proposal in the “EFB
waiting room” in the hope that greater funding might occur in the second
phase of the IODP-ECORD program.ECORD Facility Board - 2016 Proposal Evaluation
• ECORD FB Consensus 16-06-02:
– The ECORD Facility Board decides to deactivate proposal #581 ‘Late
Pleistocene Coralgal Banks’
• ECORD FB Consensus 16-06-03:
– The ECORD Facility Board ranks proposal #716 ‘Hawaiian Drowned Reefs’ as
the highest-priority of the existing proposals within the “sea-level theme”
and proposal #730 ‘Sabine Bank Sea Level’ a secondary priority.
• ECORD FB Consensus 16-06-04:
– The ECORD Facility Board considers proposal #879 ‘Corinth Active Rift
Development’ as high-priority of the existing proposals within the „Earth
Connections“ theme.MSP Proposals at the ECORD Facility Board - Summary
Proposal Comments Cost estimate
708-Full Revised proposal is feasible if shallow $7.9-12M, 1 x 750 m hole
Central Arctic Paleoceanography penetrations are used. Need icebreaker IKC
(Stein et al.) EFB strategy been agreed. Need passage fees waived
ESO in discussion with operators.
581-Full2 May 2014: Droxler confirmed objectives can be $2.4 - $4.0M using seafloor drill and ship
Coralgal Banks met with existing seafloor drill penetration as IKC
(Droxler et al.) June 2016: No answer from proponents, $4.6 - $6.8M using geotechnical vessel
proposal deactivated
673-Full2 Add 6 Proponents open to using wireline logging in $10.8-$18.3M (assuming 3 holes with
New England Hydrogeology lieu of LWD. Also open to reducing from 5 to 3 wireline logging)
(Person et al.) sites. $18-$31M (with LWD)
716-Full2 Awaiting development of MeBo200. $3.8 - $7.3M using seafloor drill and ship
Hawaii Drowned Reefs 2020 for IODP? as IKC
(Webster et al.) $7.9 - $12.5M using geotechnical vessel
730-Full Sabine Bank Awaiting development of MeBo200. $4.8M - $9.5M using seafloor drill and
(Taylor et al.) Potentially >90 days duration. ship as IKC.
Forwarded to EFB Jan 2016
813-Full-Add Antarctic 8 sites with RockDrill-2 on RV N/B Palmer $9 M using RockDrill 2 and RV N/B Palmer.
Paleoclimate Postponed. Agreement of NSF to postpone operation
(Williams et al.)
879-Full Corinth Active Rift ESO attended proponent workshop, Feb 2014. ~$11.3M (see ESO presentation)
Development Long expedition, may be issues with derrick
(McNeil et al.) height under Rio–Antirrio Bridge.
Forwarded to EFB June 2016Mission-Specific Platform (MSP) proposals at EFB
-
2015 MSP expediions
2016 ongoing Expedition
Scheduled MSP proposals
MSP proposals in EFB waiting room
708
637
879
708-Full ‘Arctic
581 Paleoceanography’ (Stein et al.)
548 758
716 Exp. 357
Exp. 364
- scheduled for Arctic summer 2018
-1 site with drill ship
- budget limit at $15M
879-Full: Corinth Active Rift
Development (McNeill et al.) 813
- To be reviewed by EFB 813-Full-Add ‘Antarctic Paleoclimate’
- 3 primary & 3 alt. (Williams et al.)
sites, 357-862 m WD, 480-750 m
penetration depths - Was scheduled for early 2018 (Postponed)
- ESO in discussion with proponents - 8 sites with RockDrill-2 on RV N/B Palmer
- budget limit at $9MPROPOSALS at EFB
Proposal# Type Short Title PI Country Stage Expedition
637 Full2 New England Shelf Person USA EFB
Hydrogeology
708 Full Central Arctic Stein ECORD: Germany EFB 377
Paleoceanography
716 Full2 Hawaiian Drowned Reefs Webster ANZIC: Australia EFB
730 Full2 Sabine Bank Sea Level Taylor USA EFB
813 Full Antarctic Cenozoic Paleoclimate Williams USA EFB 373
879 Full Corinth Active Rift McNeill ECORD: UK EFB 381
DevelopmentPROPOSALS at SEP
Proposal# Type Short Title PI Country Stage
796 ADP NADIR: Nice Amphibious Drilling Kopf ECORD: Germany SEP
797 Pre Alaska Beaufort Margin Ruppel USA SEP
806 Pre Beaufort Gas Hydrate Paull USA SEP
812 Pre Ross Sea Glacial History Wilson USA SEP
ISOLAT Southern Ocean
863 MDP Peterson USA SEP
Paleoclimate
866 Pre Japan Trench Paleoseismology Strasser ECORD: Switzerland SEP
907 Pre Sunda Shelf Sea Level Stattegger ECORD: Germany SEPECORD Facility Board: Schedule of MSP expeditions
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
548 (Exp. 364) 879 Corinth 708 Arctic N.N. 813 N.N. N.N. N.N.
Chicxulub (Exp. 381) (Exp. 377) LC Antarctic LC LC MC-HC
Lift boat Jack-up or Drillship (Exp. 373) Seabed
drill
MC Drillship HC Seabed
MC-HC drill
LC-MC
LC = low-cost ($15M)
MeBo70 & 200 are reserved for 2020 and 2022
RockDrill-2 to be tested by BGS and reservation has been requested
Aiming for research vessels as in-kind contribution (IKC) for seabed drill
and long-piston coring systemsECORD FB Science Board members
ECORD FB Science Board members (in green rotating off in 2017):
-: Gilles Lericolais (FRA), Chair
Dominique Weis (CAN), Vice-chair
Gerald R. Dickens (USA)
Stephen Gallagher (AUS)
Karsten Gohl (GER), Chair 2012-2015
Fumio Inagaki (JAP)
ECORD FB Science Board members (in red new members in 2017):
- Science Board: Gilles Lericolais (FRA), Chair
Gretchen Früh-Green (SWI)
Ellen Thomas (USA)
Stephen Gallagher (AUS)
Gabriel Uenzelmann-Neben (GER)
Fumio Inagaki (JAP)Exp. 364 PI jousting the Meteorite
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