After a two-month expedition in the Gulf of Cadiz, the US research and drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution has arrived in the port of Lisbon on January 17, 2012. On this occasion the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) held a media conference and VIP events were organised by ECORD and IODP-Portugal in Lisbon at Centro Cultural de Macau on January 18, 2012.
During two days, January 18 and 19, the USIO team and members of the Expedition scientific party (Co-chief Scientists Javier Hernandez-Molina and Dorrik Stow, Micropaleontologist Antje Voelker and Education Officer Helder Pereira welcomed about 600 visitors onboard the drillship >> read more |
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Expedition 339 logo
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Research vessel JOIDES Resolution arrives in Lisbon (photo F. Barriga).
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JOIDES Resolution moored at Alcantara dock
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Exp. 339 cores to be
shipped to the Bremen Core Repository.
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Drillbits
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Welcoming the media in the conference room onboard the vessel before the visit.
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>> More photos taken during the scientific expedition
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- Media Conference:
Earthquakes, Climate Change & Rivers of Sand: Six Million Years of Earth History uncovered in the Gulf of Cadiz
During the media conference the scientific leaders of the expedition, Prof. Dorrik Stow (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh) and Dr. Francisco J. Hernández-Molina (University of Vigo) reported on their principal findings and important new discoveries. Prof. Fernando Barriga (University of Lisbon) outlined Portugal's role and involvement in the IODP. Dr. Patricia Maruéjol (ECORD) provided information on Europe's role within the IODP, which is one of the most ambitious geoscientific research programmes worldwide.
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- Documents/Information
- Press release (January 18, 2012):
>> In an Underwater River of Sand and Mud off the Iberian Coast, Six Million Years of Earth History - English version (doc)
>> Seis milhões de anos da História da Terra num rio de areia e lama subaquático - Portuguese version (doc)
>> Un río submarino de arena y fango en el margen Ibérico Atlántico: seis millones de años de historia de la Tierra - Spanish version (doc)
- Names and affiliations of the speakers:
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Albert Gerdes |
ECORD Public Relations
Marum, University of Bremen
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Prof. Javier Hernandez Molina |
Co-chief Scientist of IODP Expedition 339
University of Vigo, Spain
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Prof. Dorrik Stow |
Co-chief Scientist of IODP Expedition 339
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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Prof. Fernando Barriga |
ECORD Council Delegate for Portugal
University of Lisbon, Portugal
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Dr Patricia Maruéjol |
ECORD Outreach Co-ordinator
ECORD Managing Agency
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- Contact Media Conference:
Albert Gerdes, ECORD Public Relations
c/o MARUM – University of Bremen/Germany
Email: agerdes@marum.de
Phone: +49 421 218 65540
Mobile phone: +49 172 43 77 986
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