21st Century Drilling Workshop

Building capacity in the digital domain using scientific ocean drilling legacy material

Applications open for Workshop 2. Deadline 2nd of September 2024

Website: https://le.ac.uk/iodp/events/21st-century-drilling

Application form: https://forms.gle/Kyky6bMkwrmQvevYA

Dates for Workshop 2: 3-12 November 2024 at the BCR, MARUM in Bremen, Germany

Arrival expected on 3 November, departure expected on 13 November 2024

We are very happy to announce the upcoming ECORD MagellanPlus 21st Century Drilling workshop series. During two linked five-day workshops, hosted at the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Bremen Core Repository and MARUM (Germany), we will create new records (core descriptions, geochemistry) from digital core and evaluate this data with reassessment of physical cores using Miocene cores from the South Atlantic. Online syntheses will develop best practices for digital drilling of legacy materials while aiming to advance our understanding of the distribution of Miocene ice rafted debris.

Applications are currently open for Workshop 2 (3-12 November 2024) with the deadline for submissions on the 2nd of September 2024. We are looking for ~12 participants interested in joining this workshop as part of teams in Core Description, Biostratigraphy and Geochemistry-Physical Properties (roughly ~4 people per team). We invite applications from a wide range of specialties (including, but not limited to geochemistry, stratigraphy, sedimentology, palaeomagnetism, biostratigraphy [especially diatoms, radiolarians, planktonic foraminifera]). We’re keen to invite experienced researchers and ECRs alike, both with and without prior (shipboard) IODP experience. Some MagellanPlus funding is available for participants from ECORD countries. If you are interested in applying, please see the website for more details: https://le.ac.uk/iodp/events/21st-century-drilling. You will find a link there to the application form where you can upload a short motivation letter and CV.

Best wishes,

The Organising Committee

Anna Joy Drury, Beth Christensen, Gerald Auer, Thomas Westerhold, Ulla Röhl

The Micropalaeontological Society

Towards the advancement of the education of the public in the study of Micropalaeontology

The Micropalaeontological Society (TMS) exists “to advance the education of the public in the study of Micropalaeontology” and is operated “exclusively for scientific and educational purposes and not for profit”. It was initiated as The British Micropalaeontological Group (BMG) in 1970, following a proposal by Professor Leslie Moore of the University of Sheffield and several colleagues who wished to organise a group of palaeontologists with a mutual interest in the micropalaeontological study of British type sections and the provision of a forum for the communication of their results.