How to get involved in IODP and what you gain as a scientist - presentation by David McInroy at the UKCCSRC Glacistore meeting "Impact of glacial advances and retreats on the strata overlying prospective North Sea CO2 storage sites", 27 February 2015

1. IODP
Mission Specific
Platforms
How to get involved and what do you
gain as a participating scientist?
David McInroy
Science Manager, ESO
Energy and Marine Geoscience, BGS
dbm@bgs.ac.uk
Coring rig on the Greatship Manisha, IODP Expedition 347, Baltic Sea, 2013. Photo: Carol Cotterill.

2. • What are IODP and ECORD?
• IODP and the North Sea GlaciStore proposal
• IODP Mission Specific Platform concept
• Platforms
• Coring tools
• Offshore scientific facilities and measurements
• Onshore Science Party and measurements
• Participation
• What participating scientists gain
• Questions
Talk Outline
Vidar Viking, IODP Expedition 302, Central Arctic, 2004

3. DP Hunter, IODP Expedition 310, Tahiti, 2005
What is the International Ocean Discovery Program?
Primary methods:
• Uses drill ships/platforms to continuously recover core from soft sediment and rock.
• Extensive scientific analysis of core material by scientists from member countries.
• Downhole wireline logging .
Funded by USA, Japan, 16 European countries, Canada, Israel, Brazil, Korea, China,
Australia, New Zealand, India
IODP is an international research organization that conducts seagoing
expeditions to study the history of the Earth as recorded in sediments and
rocks beneath the seafloor.

4. History of Scientific Ocean Drilling
Deep Sea Drilling
Project
1968-1983
Ocean Drilling
Program
1985-2003
MOHOLE
1958-1966
CUSS I
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
2003-2013
International Ocean Discovery Program
2013-2023

5. IODP Platforms from 2003

6. ECORD Science Operator (ESO)
ECORD: European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling
• The ESO is an implementing organisation of the IODP, comprising:
Energy and Marine Geoscience
Geophysics & Borehole
Research Group
Laboratoire de Géophysique et
Hydrodynamique en Forage
Angewandte
Geophysik
• Our role is to run Mission Specific Platform (MSP)
Expeditions for ECORD under the auspices of the IODP
Center for Marine
Environmental Sciences
European Petrophysics
Consortium

7. The role of ESO
– Operate within ECORD and within the greater IODP set-up
Operate within IODP framework and policies: environmental, staffing , sample policies etc.
– Early planning of expeditions
Can potentially start very early, like at this workshop
– Manage expeditions from start to finish
Expeditions are defined by IODP’s Science Advisory Structure (SAS)
– Appoint Co-chief Scientists & Science Party
Maintain national balance & expertise / nominations from each Program Member Office (PMO)
– Contract suitable platforms, provide infrastructure & services
Vessel / coring and logging systems / scientific facilities / expertise / permits / data management / curation
– Implement & manage the offshore operation
– Implement & manage the Onshore Science Party (OSP)
– Co-ordinate IODP expedition publications
In collaboration with the United States Implementing Organisation (USIO) Publication Services

8. Scientific Ocean Drilling Worldwide

9. Vidar Viking, Central Arctic, 2004
L/B Kayd, offshore New Jersey, 2009
DP Hunter, Tahiti, 2005
Greatship Maya, Great Barrier Reef, 2010

10. IODP Expedition 347: Baltic Sea Paleoenvironment
Greatship Manisha
Sep-Nov 2013

11. Mobilization of the Vidar Viking
Moblisation of the Vidar Viking for Expedition 302 to the Central Arctic, 2004

12. Breaking ice, from 3.6 km height
Vidar Viking Oden
Sovetsky
Soyuz

13. Expedition 325: Greatship Maya
11 February 2010
leaving Townsville
5 January 2010
Singapore

16. Expedition 313: L/B Kayd
L/B Kayd, offshore New Jersey, 2009
L/B Kayd, mobilised for ESO

17. Curation
Core description
Petrophysics
Geochemistry
ESO containerised laboratories

18. Piston core barrel Non-rotating inner barrel (push coring)
ahead of PQ-sized rotary core barrel
PQ-sized rotary core barrel ahead of
PHD (mining pipe) BHA
Coring bit can be retracted to be flush
with outer bit for standard rotary coring
Various coring bits

19. Six-cone roller bit through which coring
bits or other tools can be passed
Full face insert bits for drilling without
coring

20. IODP Expedition 347: Baltic Sea
Number of sites 8
Number of holes 30
Drilled interval 1928.22 m
Open-holed interval 334.3 m
Cored interval 1593.92 m
Core recovery (inc. expanded cores) 1622.76 m
Conventionally calculated recovery 101.81 %
Expansion-adjusted core recovery 91.46 %
Expedition duration 50 days
(2) Depart Kiel 12th Sep(1) Mobilise in Falmouth, UK
(3) 9.4 days at BSB-3
(11) 2.9 days at BSB-3
(4) 8.4 days at BSB-1
(5) 1.3 days at BSB-10
(6) 1.1 days at BSB-11
(7) 10.7 days at BSB-9
(8) 3 days at BSB-5
(9) 3.6 days at BSB-7
(10) 0.7 days at BSB-4
(12) Arrive Kiel 1st Nov(13) Demobilise in Falmouth, UK

21. Cored 1633.42 m
Recovered 1311.40 m
Recovery 80.29%
Expedition 313: New Jersey Shelf

26. MSP Offshore Objectives and Measurements
• Core recovery
• Logging of drilling data
• Core curation (cores are not split)
• Initial lithological description (core-catcher sample only)
• Geochemistry
• Microbiology
• Physical properties (whole-core multi-sensor core logging – MSCL)
• Downhole logging
• Borehole diameter (caliper) Quality control
• Natural gamma (total counts & spectral)
Log-log & core-log integration, mineralogy, lithology, clay-typing
• High-resolution imaging (optical &acoustic)
Log-log & core-log integration, lithology, structure
• Electrical resistivity (shallow-deep measurement)
Log-log & core-log integration, mineralogy, lithology, clay-typing
• Magnetic susceptibility Terrigenous input
• Sonic measurements Seismic integration
• Hydrogeological borehole fluid Identify fluid circulation
Measurement of ephemeral properties and sample preservation
gamma density
P-wave velocity
non contact electrical resistivity
magnetic susceptibility

27. Onshore Science Party, IODP Bremen Core Repository, Germany

28. Onshore Science Party (OSP)
Minimum and standard measurements are:
Non destructive analysis:
• Whole-core gamma ray
• Thermal conductivity
• Colour reflectance of split-core surface
• High-resolution digital imaging of split-core surface
• Digital core photography (inc. close-ups on request)
• Visual core description (macro- and microscopic, smear slides)
Sampling and analysis for Expedition Reports:
• Sedimentology
• Micropaleontology
• X-ray diffraction analysis
• Discrete physical properties
• Inorganic and organic geochemistry
• Microbiology
• Paleomagnetic measurements (U-channels or discrete samples)
Sampling for post-expedition research

29. Participation on IODP MSPs
When a proposal is scheduled, IODP takes ownership of the expedition
1. The IODP Science Evaluation Panel provides Co-chief Scientist
recommendations to ESO. Normally includes the lead proponent, other
proponents, and experienced non-proponents.
2. ESO invites 2 Co-chief Scientists to lead the Science Party.
3. ESO issues a ‘Call for Scientists’ for the expedition. Open to all scientists from
all IODP member countries.
4. ESO receives shortlists of candidates from each Program Member Office. Many
are proponents, most are non-proponents.
5. ESO and the Co-chiefs invite 27-30 scientists based on expertise and
nationality. 10 from ECORD nations, 8 from the USA, 4 from Japan, 1 each from
China, Korea, India, Brazil and Australia/New Zealand. Any unfilled positions
are taken by ECORD. Up to 3 positions are reserved for countries making in-
kind contributions.

30. The Science Party
We now have maximum 32 scientists in the Science Party, including Co-chiefs
All have the same rights and obligations
1. ~10 will sail offshore.
2. All 32 will meet a few months later at the Onshore Science Party in Bremen.
3. Everyone contributes to the initial analysis of the cores, and the reporting.
4. Everyone has the exclusive right to apply for samples for personal, post-
expedition research for 1-year.
5. Everyone has full, exclusive access to the Expedition’s data for 1-year.
6. Everyone is expected to publish their personal research in a peer-reviewed
journal within 20 months of the end of the Onshore Science Party.
After the 1-year moratorium, any IODP member scientist can access the cores and
all Expedition data is completely open access.

31. All expedition results are made public
after 1-year
www.iodp.org

32. Getting Involved - Summary
Submit a drilling proposal, for any platform big or small
http://iodp.org/drilling-proposals
Hold a workshop to help develop a proposal, there is funding to help
http://www.ecord.org/magellanplus.html
Apply to sail on an expedition, many areas of expertise are required on every expedition
http://www.essac.ecord.org/ click on Participation & Sailing
Make use of the IODP database and archive: access core material and data
http://www.iodp.org/access-data-and-samples
www.iodp.org
David McInroy dbm@bgs.ac.uk