CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

To participate in JOIDES Resolution expeditions for the next phase of scientific ocean drilling, the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)

IZU-BONIN-MARIANA ARC ORIGINS EXPEDITION (June-July 2014)

Application deadline: 1 May 2013

Based on IODP Proposal 695-Full2, this expedition will examine the inception and evolution of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana (IBM) Arc by obtaining a sedimentary and crustal record from the Amami Sankaku Basin.

The primary objectives are (1) to examine the petrology and age of the crust to infer the geochemistry of the mantle prior to IBM arc inception and determine the mantle source of the arc foundation; (2) to obtain records of IBM arc inception and growth, late Mesozoic-early Paleogene eastern Tethys paleoceanography, and East Asian monsoon conditions during the Neogene; and (3) to determine if early uplift or subsidence was associated with subduction initiation.

JOIDES RESOLUTION EXPEDITION SCHEDULE: The expedition schedule (http://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/) includes links to the individual expedition web pages that provide the original IODP proposal and expedition planning information.

WHERE TO APPLY: Applications for participation must be submitted to the appropriate IODP Program Member Office – see http://iodp.tamu.edu/participants/applytosail.html