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International Ocean Discovery Program

JOIDES Resolution Science Operator

FY20 Q2 Operations and Management Report

1 January–31 March 2020Cooperative Agreement OCE-1326927

Submitted by the JRSOto

The National Science Foundationand

The JOIDES Resolution Facility Board

8 May 2020

Contents4 1.Introduction

4 2.Expeditionoperations

Expedition383:DynamicsofPacificAntarcticCircumpolarCurrent

Expedition385:GuaymasBasinTectonicsandBiosphere

Expedition378:SouthPacificPaleogeneClimate

Expedition384:EngineeringTesting

Expedition395:ReykjanesMantleConvectionandClimate

Expedition387:AmazonMargin

Expedition388:EquatorialAtlanticGateway

Expeditions390and393:SouthAtlanticTransect1and2

Expedition391:WalvisRidgeHotspot

Expedition392:AgulhasPlateauCretaceousClimate

9 3.Managementandadministration

Progressreporting

Liaisonactivities

Projectportfoliomanagement

12 4.Subcontractactivities

12 5.Scienceoperations

Expeditionoutreachsupport

12 6.Technicalandanalyticalservices

Maintenanceperiodactivities

Analyticalsystems

Laboratoryworkinggroups

17 7.Development,IT,andDatabases

Expeditiondata

Networksystemsoperation,maintenance,andsecurity

19 8.Corecuration

Samplingpartiesandcurationpoliciesandprocedures

Sampleandcurationstrategies

Samplerequestsandcoresampling

Useofcorecollectionandeducationandoutreachsupport

OnshoreXRFscanning

21 9.Publicationservices

Scientificpublications

Webservices

Publicationscoordination

Discoveryandaccessibility

Legacyactivities

Citationmanagement

26 Appendix:JRSOquarterlyreportdistribution

4FY20 Quarterly Report 2

1.IntroductionThisquarterlyoperationsandmanagementreportreflectsactivitiesanddeliverablesoutlinedintheInternationalOceanDiscoveryProgram(IODP)JOIDES ResolutionScienceOperator(JRSO)FY20AnnualProgramPlantotheNationalScienceFoundation(NSF),asimplementedbyTexasA&MUniversity(TAMU),actingasmanagerandscienceoperatoroftheresearchvesselJOIDES ResolutionasaresearchfacilityforIODP.AdministrativeservicesinsupportofJRSOactivitiesareprovidedbytheTexasA&MResearchFoundation(TAMRF)throughTAMUSponsoredResearchServices(SRS).

2.ExpeditionoperationsThissectionprovidesinformationonthefollowingaspectsofJRSOexpeditionsupport:• Planning(includinglogisticsandengineeringdevelopment);• Staffing(includingastaffingtableforexpeditionsunderwayduringthequarter);• Clearance,permitting,andenvironmentalassessmentactivities;• Expeditionoperations(includingasitemapforeachexpeditionunderwayduringthequarter,a

coringsummarytableforeachexpeditioncompletedduringthequarter,andpreliminaryscienceresultsforeachexpeditioncompletedduringthequarter);and

• Postexpeditionactivities(includingpostcruiseeditorialmeetings).

Table2.1.JRSOexpeditionschedule

ExpeditionPort

(origin) Dates1

Total days

(port/ sea)

Days at sea (transit2/

ops)Co-Chief Scientists

Expedition Project

ManagerNon-IODP(16November2019–3January2020)(48days) M.MaloneSouthPacificPaleogeneClimate(Site277)

378 Lautoka,Fiji 3January– 6February2020

34(3/31) 31(20/11) D.Thomas U.Röhl

L.Childress

DerrickRepair/DryDock Balboa,Pan-ama

25February– 30May2020

94(74/20)

20(20/0)

EngineeringTesting 384 Amsterdam,Netherlands

30May– 26June2020

27(2/25) 25(6/19) P.Blum

ReykjanesMantleCon-vectionandClimate

395 Reykjavík,Iceland

26June– 26August2020

61(5/56) 56(3/53) R.Parnell-Turner A.Briais

L.LeVay

Non-IODP(26August–5October2020)(40days) M.MaloneSouthAtlanticTransect1 390 RiodeJanei-

ro,Brazil5October– 5December2020

61(3/58) 58(13/45) R.Coggon J.Sylvan

E. Estes

WalvisRidgeHotspot 391 CapeTown,SouthAfrica

5December2020– 4February2021

61(5/56) 56(11/45) W.Sager K.Hoernle

K.Petronotis

AgulhasPlateau CretaceousClimate

392 CapeTown,SouthAfrica

4February–6April2021

61(5/56) 56(6/50) G.Uenzel-mann-Neben S.Bohaty

D.Kulhanek

SouthAtlanticTransect2 393 CapeTown,SouthAfrica

6April– 6June2021

61(5/56) 56(13/43) D.Teagle G.Christeson

T.Williams

Non-IODP(6June—2October2021)(118days) M.Malone

RioGrandeCone MethaneandCarbonCycling

394 Montevideo,Uruguay

2October– 2December2021

61(5/56) 56(5/51) TBD TBD

Notes:TBD=tobedetermined. 1Thestartdatereflectstheinitialportcallday.Thevesselwillsailwhenready. 2Preliminarytotalestimatedtransit(i.e.,toandfromoperationalareaandbetweensites).


Expedition383:DynamicsofPacificAntarcticCircumpolarCurrentPostexpeditionactivities

TheExpedition383postcruiseeditorial,andsamplingpartieswereheld6–17JanuaryinCollegeStation,Texas.

Expedition385:GuaymasBasinTectonicsandBiospherePostexpeditionactivities

BecauseofCOVID-19restrictions,theExpedition385postcruiseeditorialmeetingwaspostponed.ThesamplingpartywillbeconductedbyJRSOwhenshelterinplaceordersarelifted.

Expedition378:SouthPacificPaleogeneClimate

Table2.2.Expedition378sciencepartystaffingbreakdown

Member country/consortium ParticipantsCo-Chief Scientists

USA:UnitedStatesScienceSupportProgram(USSSP) 9 1Japan:JapanDrillingEarthScienceConsortium(J-DESC) 2EuropeandCanada:EuropeanConsortiumforOceanResearchDrilling(ECORD)ScienceSupportandAdvisoryCommittee(ESSAC)

6 1

RepublicofKorea:KoreaIntegratedOceanDrillingProgram(K-IODP) 1People’sRepublicofChina:IODP-China 2AustraliaandNewZealand:Australia/NewZealandIODPConsortium(ANZIC) 1India:MinistryofEarthScience(MoES) 2Brazil:CoordinationforImprovementofHigherEducation(CAPES) 1

Clearance,permitting,andenvironmentalassessmentactivities

InaccordancewiththeNewZealandExclusiveEconomicZoneAct,theNoticeofCommencementandNoticeofCompletionFormsweresubmittedtotheNewZealandEnvironmentalProtectionAuthorityon15and25January,respectively.


Figure2.1.Expedition378sitemap

Table2.3.Expedition378coringsummary

Site Hole Latitude Longitude

Water depth (mbrf)

Cores (N)

Interval cored (m)

Core recovered

(m)Recovery

(%)U1553 U1553A 52°13.4294’S 166°11.4801’E 1221.20 27 216.4 214.0 98.9

U1553B 52°13.4300’S 166°11.4964’E 1221.66 29 243.0 231.9 95.4U1553C 52°13.4412’S 166°11.4975’E 1221.63 43 333.5 158.8 47.6U1553D 52°13.4403’S 166°11.4796’E 1221.61 19 184.9 98.0 53.0U1553E 52°13.4409’S 166°11.4616’E 1221.26 27 237.6 209.8 88.3

Site U1553 totals 145 1215.4 912.4 76.6Expedition 378 totals 145 1215.4 912.4 76.6

Sciencesummary

Expedition378wasdesignedtorecoverthefirstcomprehensivesetofPaleogenesedimentarysectionsfromatransectofsitesstrategicallypositionedintheSouthPacificOceantoreconstructkeychangesinoceanicandatmosphericcirculation.ThesesiteswouldhaveprovidedanunparalleledopportunitytoaddcrucialnewdataandgeographiccoveragetoexistingreconstructionsofPaleogeneclimate.


However,evaluationoftheJOIDES Resolutionderrickintheweeksprecedingtheexpeditiondeterminedthatitwouldnotsupportdeploymentofdrillstringsinexcessof2km.Becauseofthisdetermination,onlyoneoftheoriginallyapprovedfiveprimarysiteswasdrilled.

Expedition378recoveredthefirstcontinuouslycored,multiple-holePaleogenesedimentarysectionfromthesouthernCampbellPlateauatSiteU1553.Thishigh–southernlatitudesitebuildsonthelegacyofDeepSeaDrillingProject(DSDP)Site277,asingle,partiallyspot-coredhole,providingauniqueop-portunitytorefineandaugmentexistingreconstructionsofthepast~66Myofclimatehistory.Thisalsoincludesthediscoveryofanewsiliciclasticunitthathadneverbeendrilledbefore.

Astheworld’slargestocean,thePacificOceanisintricatelylinkedtomajorchangesintheglobalcli-matesystem.Previousdrillinginthelow-latitudePacificOceanduringOceanDrillingProgram(ODP)Legs138and199andIntegratedOceanDrillingProgramExpeditions320and321providednewinsightsintoclimateandcarbonsystemdynamics,productivitychangesacrossthezoneofdivergence,time-de-pendentcalciumcarbonatedissolution,bio-andmagnetostratigraphy,thelocationoftheIntertropicalConvergenceZone,andevolutionarypatternsfortimesofclimaticchangeandupheaval.Expedition378intheSouthPacificOceanuniquelycomplementsthisworkwithahigh-latitudeperspective,especiallybecauseappropriatehigh-latituderecordsareunobtainableintheNorthernHemisphereofthePacificOcean.

SiteU1553andtheentirecorpusofshore-basedinvestigationswillsignificantlycontributetothechal-lengesofthe“ClimateandOceanChange:ReadingthePast,InformingtheFuture”themeoftheIODPSciencePlan(HowdoesEarth’sclimatesystemrespondtoelevatedlevelsofatmosphericCO2?Howresilientistheoceantochemicalperturbations?).Furthermore,Expedition378willprovidematerialfromtheSouthPacificOceaninanareacriticalforhigh-latitudeclimatereconstructionsspanningthePaleocenetolateOligocene.

Expedition384:EngineeringTestingPlanning

OriginallypostponedinDecemberbecauseofthederrickmaintenanceandrepairrequirements,thesub-sequentpostponementofExpeditions387and388allowedtheJOIDES ResolutionFacilityBoard(JRFB)toutilizesomeofthepreviousExpedition387timeslottorescheduleExpedition384for30May–26June2020atanewtestsiteintheNorthAtlanticOcean.GiventhescheduleconstraintsandtheanticipateddrydockinAmsterdam,thebestopportunityfortheengineeringtestsistheExpedition395proposedSiteREYK-13A,pendingliftingoftravelCOVID-19travelrestrictions.

Expedition395:ReykjanesMantleConvectionandClimatePlanning

BecauseofthepostponementofExpedition388,theJRFBscheduledExpedition395intothetimeslotof26June–26August2020.BecauseoftheCOVID-19travelandsocialdistancerestrictionsandtheveryshortleadtimefromschedulingtoimplementation,anin-personprecruisemeetinginCollegeStation,Texas,wasnotfeasible.Instead,theprecruisemeetingtopicswillbecoveredinaseriesofvideoconfer-encingmeetings.


Staffing

TwoinvitationstosailasCo-ChiefScientistwereissuedandaccepted.Acalltoapplywasissuedon6Marchforaverycondensedtimelinewithanapplicationdeadlineof30March.TheProgramMemberOffices(PMOs)willforwardapplicationstoJRSOby10April,andthesciencepartyisexpectedtobestaffedbytheendofApril.ThetwoOnboardOutreachOfficersfromExpedition388areinterestedinsailingonthisexpedition,buttheywillneedconfirmationfromtheCo-ChiefScientists.


JRSOworkedonanenvironmentalevaluationfortheuseofanacousticsourceduringawirelinecheckshotsurvey,andadraftwillbereadyby1June.

Expedition387:AmazonMarginPlanning

InlateFebruary,JRSOwasnotifiedthatleakswithsomeoftheJOIDES Resolutionthrustersealsrequiredtheshiptogointoadrydocktochangethesealsbeforeitcouldresumescienceoperations.ThedrydockcouldnottakeplaceuntilafterthederrickrepairsweresuccessfullycompletedattheendofApril.TheearliestdrydockavailabilityisinMay,makingitimpossibletoachievetheobjectivesofExpedition387.Therefore,theJRFBremovedExpedition387fromthescheduleuntilsuchtimethatitcanbeimple-mented(seeExpedition388clearance,below).


SeeExpedition388clearance,below.

Expedition388:EquatorialAtlanticGatewayClearance,permitting,andenvironmentalassessmentactivities

InFebruary,Brazilcommunicatedthatitwouldnotallowanexceptiontoadrillingbaninaninternalde-creegoverningmarinescientificresearch,despitepreviouslygrantinganexceptionforJOIDES Resolution operationsduringODPLeg155in1994.TheExpeditions387and388Co-ChiefScientists,proponents,andIODP-BrazilcontinuedtotrytodevelopanalternatepathwaytoallowExpeditions387and388tobeimplementedasscheduleduntil6March,whentheJRFBremovedExpedition388fromthescheduletoallowanotherexpeditiontobeimplementedinthatpartoftheschedule.Expeditions387and388arebackattheJRFBtoberescheduledwhenBrazilwillallowtheJOIDES Resolutiontoconductresearchintheirjurisdictionalwaters.

Expeditions390and393:SouthAtlanticTransect1and2Planning

AjointExpedition390/393Scientific ProspectuswaspublishedinFebruary.

Staffing

Thesecondroundofinvitationsweresentoutatthebeginningofthequarter,andspecialcallsforsedi-mentologyandinorganicgeochemistryweresuccessful.Therearecurrently22membersofthescience


partystaffed,butstaffingfromBrazil,China,andAustraliaarependingresolutionofmemorandaofunderstanding(MOU)agreements.

Expedition391:WalvisRidgeHotspotPlanning

SeveralnewsiteswereapprovedduringtheFebruaryEnvironmentalProtectionandSafetyPanel(EPSP)meeting,andanupdatedoperationsplanisbeingrevised.AdraftoftheScientific Prospectuswasmadeavailableforinvitedscientiststoreview,andthefinalizedversionisexpectedearlynextquarter.

Staffing

Thefirstroundofinvitationsweresentout,and20scientistshaveaccepted.ParticipationfromBrazil,China,andAustraliaarependingresolutionofMOUagreements.Aspecialcallwassentout,andthepositionisbeingfinalized.TwoNamibianscientistswereinvitedtosailasobserversandacceptedtheinvitation.ThepositionforOnboardOutreachOfficerapplicationsarebeingreviewed.


TheExpedition391clearanceapplicationwasstartedandisplannedtobesubmittedtotheStateDepartmentearlynextquarter.

Expedition392:AgulhasPlateauCretaceousClimatePlanning

DepthextensionsfortwositesandaribbonatanothersitewereapprovedattheFebruaryEPSPmeet-ing;anupdatedoperationsplanisbeingrevised.

Staffing

Firstroundinvitationsweresentouton19March,andspecialcallsforpaleomagnetistandnannofossilpaleontologistsweresentout.ASouthAfricanscientistwasinvitedtosailasanobserver.

3.ManagementandadministrationManagementandadministration(M&A)activitiesincludeplanning,coordinating(withotherIODP-relatedentities),overseeing,reviewing,monitoring,assuringcompliancefor,andreportingonIODPactivities.

ProgressreportingTheJRSOoperationsandmanagementreportforthefirstquarterofFY20(October–December)wassub-mittedtoNSFon14February(http://iodp.tamu.edu/publications/AR/FY20/FY20_Q1.pdf).

LiaisonactivitiesJRSOreportstoandliaiseswithfundingagenciesandIODP-relatedagencies(e.g.,JRFB,JRFBadvisorypanels,PMOs,andothernationalorganizationsandfacilityboards)andparticipatesinfacilityboard,advisorypanel,andIODPForummeetings.Minutesfromthefacilityboardmeetingsareavailableonline(http://iodp.org/boards-and-panels/facility-boards).


ProjectportfoliomanagementJRSObeganworkingontheQCDataViewerprojectandcontinuedworkontheGEODESC,DataPublishing,X-rayLinescanCoreImager(XSCAN),andCoreOrientationprojects.TheSampleMasterReplacementprojectremainedonhold.

GEODESCScope and deliverables

ThepurposeoftheGEODESCprojectistoreplacetheDESClogikIODPcoredescriptioninterface,withtheprincipalgoalofincreasingperformanceandreliability.TheGEODESCprojectproposestodesign,build,anddeliveranewandimprovedGEODESCtoolset.TheprojectmanagerisPeterBlum.

Status

TheprojectmanagementteamcompletedtheGEODESCprojectmanagementplanandbegantheproj-ectexecutionphaseinMarch2020.Thisprojectisnowscheduledforcompletioninlate2021.

DataPublishingScope and deliverables

ThepurposeoftheDataPublishingprojectistobuildaframework,tools,andprocessescapableofpub-lishingexpeditiondatasetsforlong-termrepositorystorageanddiscoveryofreferenceableinformation.Thisprojectwillalsosupportpublicationofdatafilesnotcurrentlyavailableonline.Whencompleted,allpublishedinformationwillbeavailableforsciencecommunityuseviaarespected,FAIR(findable,accessible,interoperable,andreusable)compliant,long-termscientificrepository.TheprojectmanagerisPaulFoster.

Status

Basedonfavorablefeedback,JRSOextendedthisprojecttouploadExpedition361,362,and366dataintoZenodo(https://zenodo.org).TheExpedition361datauploadiscomplete,andtheExpedition362and366uploadsareinprogress.

SampleMasterReplacementScope and deliverables

ThepurposeoftheSampleMasterReplacementprojectistoreplacetheSampleMasterapplicationwithamodularprogram.SampleMasterisanapplicationthatprovidesforallinitialIODPdataentryintotheLaboratoryInformationManagementSystem(LIMS)database.Thisinterfaceisusedacrosstheorganiza-tionbyawiderangeofpeoplewhofallintogroupsofusers,andthoseusersperformspecifictasks.TheprojectmanagerfortheCatwalkModuleisChiehPeng.

Status

TheSampleMasterCatwalkModulewasplacedonholdduringthisquarterpendingavailabilityoftes-ters.Thecompletiondateremainsopen.


X-rayLinescanCoreImagerScope and deliverables

ThepurposeofthisprojectistodesignandfabricateastandaloneX-rayLinescanImager(XSCAN)toreplacetheprototypeX-rayimagerthathasbeeninusesinceExpedition379(AmundsenSeaWestAntarcticIceSheetHistory).Liketheprototype,theXSCANwillprovidethefundamental2-DX-rayimagesforscientiststoobservestructuresorobjectssuchasdropstones,lamination,shells,burrows,faults,andfracturesthatmightaidintheinterpretationofgeologicprocesses,depositionalsettings,en-vironmentalconditions,alteration,andtectonics.Similarly,itwillproduceimagesthatmightaidincoresplittingdecisionsaimedattargetingspecificmaterialforsamplingorminimizingdamagingordisturbingimportantstructuresorobjects.Unliketheprototype,XSCANwillbecapableofproducingline-scannedX-rayimagesofeachcoresectionthatcanbeviewedintheLIVEapplicationorusedforstratigraphiccorrelationorotheranalysessimilartotheimagesproducedbytheSectionHalfImagingLogger(SHIL).Additionally,XSCANwillbeabletorotatethesourceanddetectoraroundthecore,whichwillprovidedifferentangularviewsofstructureswithinthesectionsandcouldalsobeincorporatedintovolumeesti-matestobeusedtoimproveotherdatasets.TheprojectmanagerisMargaretHastedt.

Status

ThisprojectisscheduledforcompletionbyOctober2020.However,COVID-19iscausingdelaysinmate-rialsacquisitionandshipping.

CoreOrientationScope and deliverables

Thepurposeofthisprojectisto(1)developanewnonmagneticorientationtoolthatwillbedirectlyat-tachedtothecorebarreland(2)improvemethodsusedinaligningthecorelinerwithinthecorebarrel.Specifically,anewgyroscopicorientationtool(GOT)willbedevelopedinhousethatwillbeattacheddirectlytothecorebarrel,avoidingpossibleproblemswithmisalignmentbetweenthesinkerbarsandcorebarrel.BecausetheGOTdoesnotusethemagneticfieldfororientation,thelargemagneticfieldsassociatedwiththedrillstringareirrelevant.Toimprovethealignmentofthecoreliner,JRSOwillinvesti-gatewhetheritispossibletomodifytheadvancedpistoncorer(APC)corebarrelstoallowthecorelinertobealignedandattachedatbothendsofthecorebarrel.Currently,thetopofthelinerisorientedandattachedtothecorebarrelwithascrewbutthebottomofthelinerisfreetotwist,whichitmightdoassedimententerstheliner.TheprojectmanagerisSteveMidgley.

Status

ThisprojectisscheduledforcompletionbyJanuary2021.

QCDataViewerScope and deliverables

ThepurposeofthisprojectistodesignandimplementaQCviewerprogramtovisualizeQCdataac-quiredduringODPexpeditions.TheprojectmanagerisDavidHoupt.

Status

ThisprojectwasapprovedforprojectexecutioninMarch2020.


4.SubcontractactivitiesJRSOcontinuedtointeractwithODLAStoensureefficientandcompliantoperationsoftheJOIDES Resolution.JRSOcontinuedtointeractwithSchlumbergerTechnologyCorporation(Schlumberger)toen-surethatwirelineloggingoperationsaboardtheJOIDES Resolutioncontinueinanefficientandcompliantmanner.JRSOandSchlumbergerworkedsuccessfullytostreamlinetravelandshippingactivities.

5.ScienceoperationsTheScienceOperations(SciOps)departmentprovidesscientific,operational,engineering,andlogisticalplanningandimplementationforJOIDES ResolutiondrillingexpeditionsinresponsetotheIODPscienceplanningstructure.JRSOisresponsibleforscoping,planning,managing,andimplementingscienceexpeditions(seeSection2);conductinglong-rangeoperationalplanningforout-yearJRSOexpeditions;providingservicesandmaterialsfortheplatformandoversighttodrillingandloggingcontractors;andutilizingIODPresourcestooverseeengineeringdevelopmentprojects.

ExpeditionoutreachsupportJRSOstafffacilitatedonboardoutreachactivitiesduringExpedition378.

6.TechnicalandanalyticalservicesTheTechnicalandAnalyticalServices(TAS)departmentdevelops,maintains,andoperatesadiversearrayofscientificequipmentforanalyzingcoresandcoresamples;staffstheshipboardlaboratorieswithskilledtechnicians;providessupportforshipboardscientists;assistswithdownholetoolsandmeasure-ments;andfacilitatesshipboardcorecuration,handling,andshipping.

MaintenanceperiodactivitiesDuringthetie-upoffBalboa,Panama,forExpedition387P(DerrickRepairs),thefollowingtaskswerecompleted:• InstalledanewP-wavevelocitycaliper(PWC)framethatwasdesignedatIODPandupdatedthe

PWCsoftware.ThechangeswereinitiatedtoreduceuncertaintiesinP-wavevelocitymeasurementsthoughttobecausedbyslightmisalignmentofthetransducersintheoldPWCframe.

• ModifiedthelayoutofthetablesintheCoreDescriptionareatoimprovetheuseofthespaceandtoprovideadditionaldesktopspaceandstorageshelvesforscientists.

• InstalledandtestednewlightsfortheSHIL.• RemovedolddeterioratingflooringintheCoreSplittingRoomandthensandedandpaintedthe

underlyingmetalfloorinpreparationforuseuntilnewflooringisinstalledduringanupcomingdrydock.

• EvaluatedpoorperformanceofQE-Procolorreflectancespectrometersanddeterminedthattwoofthesearefaultyandwillbereturnedtothevendorforrepairs.

• ReplacedafaultyCahnbalancewithaspare.


AnalyticalsystemsX-rayLinescanCoreImager(XSCANproject)

TheXSCANProjectisintheprocessofreceivinglong–lead-timeitemsandthefinaldesignofthepro-tectiveradiationshieldingthatwillmaketheareaaroundthedevicesafeenoughtobeanuncontrolledspace(seemoreontheXSCANProjectinSection3,above).

ScanningElectronMicroscope—EnergyDispersiveSpectrophotometer(SEM-EDS)

TheNanoImagesSNE-4500Mscanningelectronmicroscope(SEM),equippedwithaBrükerXFLASH630Minienergydispersivespectrophotometer(EDS),wasinstalledonshore,andstaffhavebeguntheprocessofdefiningworkflowstoallowtheuploadofimagesanddatafromthedeviceintotheLIMSdatabase.ThissystemwillreplacetheHitachiTM-3000SEMontheship,andtheolderSEMwillbetrans-ferredtoCollegeStation,Texas,whereitwillbeavailableforusebyvisitingscientistsandstaff.

MagneticSusceptibilitymeters

TheBartingtonMS3magneticsusceptibilitymetersweredeliveredtothevessel,andworkisinprocesstointegratethemintothelaboratory.MS3meterswillbeinstalledontheWhole-RoundMultisensorLogger(WRMSL),SpecialTaskMultisensorLogger(STMSL),SectionHalfMultisensorLogger(SHMSL),andinthepaleomagnetismlaboratorytoruntheMS2Bdual-frequencydiscrete-samplesensorandasmall-diameterMS2Cloopsensor.

CHNSanalyzer

JRSOhaspurchasedanewThermoFlashSmartElementalAnalyzertoreplacetheagingFlashEA1112,whichhaddevelopedafractureinoneofitscombustionfurnaces.TheFlashSmartutilizesthesamecombustion,chromatography,andthermalconductivitydetectiontechniquesastheEA1112andwillalsoallowJRSOtousethesameconsumablesandsuppliesalreadyontheship.ThenewCHNSanalyzerwillbedeliveredthissummerforlaterinstallationonthevessel.

LaboratoryworkinggroupsThelaboratoryworkinggroups(LWGs)provideoversight,researchdirection,andqualityassuranceforthemethods,procedures,andanalyticalsystemsbothontheJOIDES Resolutionandonshore.Thegroupsmeetregularlytoreviewcruiseevaluations,expeditiontechnicalreports,andanyconcernsraisedbytheIODPIssuesManagementTeamandprovideadviceoncorrectiveactionsandpotentialdevelop-mentsforlaboratories.

CurationandCoreHandling

TheCurationandCoreHandlingLWGmetthisquartertodiscussandevaluateanumberofissues.• TheLWGwasinformedofthestatusoftheSampleMasterreplacementproject.Thefirstmodule

ofthenewsamplingsoftware(SamplePlanningTool,orSPLAT)willbeusedforupcomingsamplingpartiestoaidinplanningandselectingsampleintervals.

• AstandardoperatingproceduredocumentforshippingandreceivingcoresectionswillbeprovidedtootherinstitutionstoensurecoresarereturnedtoIODPundamaged.


• TheLWGdiscussedspacelimitationsintheGulfCoastRepository(GCR)becausetherefrigeratedstorageareaisapproachingfullcapacity.AprojectteamwillbeassignedtodeterminethebestpathforwardtoexpandtheGCR’scapacity.

• TheLWGalsodiscussedreporteduserissueswiththeSampleandDataRequest(SADR)tool,anditwasdeterminedthataprojectneedstobesubmittedtoreplaceitinthefuture.

GeochemistryandMicrobiology

TheGeochemistryandMicrobiologyLWGmetthisquartertodiscussanyissuesarisingfromExpeditions383(noissuesreported),385,and378,aswellasongoingissues.

Expedition 385• TheLWGdiscussedthesuggestiontohaven-heptane(nC7)andiso-heptane(iC7)standards,as

wellasbranchedhydrocarbonstandards,aboardforexpeditionslike385,wherethesegasspecieswerefoundintheheadspacesamples.JRSOwilladdn-heptaneandiso-heptanetotheregulargasstandardmixesinthefuture.Othergasmixeswillbehandledonaby-expeditionbasisbecausetheadditionalcompoundsareusuallynotpresentinnormaldrillingoperations.

• TheLWGhadanextensivediscussionoftheoxygencontaminationproblemcausedbyfailureofthenitrogen(N2)generatorduringExpedition385,requiringthatonesiteberedrilled.ThecontaminationwascausedbythefailureofasolenoidvalveintheN2generatorthatwasnotinitiallydetected.TheN2generatorwasrepairedandservicedfollowingtheexpedition,andpreventiveactionsweretakentoensureN2qualityduringmicrobiologyexpeditions(e.g.,improvedO2 monitoringandcontinuingthepracticeofkeepingultra-high-purity(UHP)N2cylindersforbackup).

• TheLWGdiscussedreplacementand/ormodificationofthegloveboxesontheship.Asurveyofthemicrobiologycommunitywillbesentouttoinquireaboutthisaswellasotherspaceandequipmentneedsforthemicrobiologylaboratory.

• TheLWGdiscussedthepoorlightinginpartsofthemicrobiologylaboratory,andTASwillpurchaseLEDlightingstripstoenhancelightingincertainareas.

• TheLWGdiscussedtheproblemswiththeepifluorescencemicroscope(internalelectronicsfailureof20+yearoldscope),andTASwillbereplacingbothfluorescencescopesinthenearfuture.

• Acomplaintaboutexpiredsupplies,specificallyRHIZONsamplersfoundtobe“discolored,”wasaddressedbythemanufacturer,whostatedthattheychangedthegluetheyusebetweenthetwoinvolvedbatches;thedifferenceincolordoesnotindicateaproblem.

• TheLWGdiscussedtwoscientists’suggestionstoimprovetheKOACHcleanbenchperformance.ThefirstisthatJRSOobtainaportableairparticlecountertoensurethattheKOACHcleanbenchesaresetupandoperatingproperly.ThesecondistoaddanionizertotheKOACHassembly.TASwillpurchasebothoftheseandaddthemtotheequipmentavailableinthemicrobiologylaboratory.

Expedition 378• TheLWGdiscussedascientist’scommentaboutdelineationofresponsibilitiesbetweenthescientists

andthetechnicalstaff;theLWGdecidedthattheshipboardresponsibilitiesdocumentneedstobeupdated.


Ongoing Issues• TheLWGdiscussedtheneedtoreplacetheThermoFlashEA1112CHNSanalyzerandendorsedthe

TASdecisiontopurchasetheThermoFlashSmartsystemmentionedabove.• TheLWGdiscussedtheneedtoupdatetheportableX-RayFluorescence(pXRF)instrumentonthe

shipwithanewermodelthatwillincreasesciencecapabilitybecausesomepXRFmodelsnow“see”sodiuminadditiontoheavierelements.Inaddition,theOlympusDELTAPremiumusesanobsoletecommunicationprotocolthathascausedlossofdataonatleastoneoccasion.TASwillresearchoptionsandaselectionwillbemadebytheLWGinthefuture.

• TheLWGdiscussedobtainingvariousEDSstandardstoassistinquantificationofSEM-EDSsamples.TheLWGrecommendedobtainingtheXCS-5EDSstandardandhandlingfurtherstandardspurchasedonaby-expeditionbasis.

• TheLWGdiscussedageneralneedtoredesigntheavailablemicrobiologyspaceandequipment(e.g.,hard-orsoft-shellanaerobicchambersandadditionalequipmentneeds),andanexternalsurveywillbecreatedtopollthecommunity.

Geology

TheGeologyLWGmetthisquarteranddiscusseditemsfromrecentexpeditionsaswellasongoingissues.

Issues arising from Expeditions 382, 383, 379T, 385T, 385, and 378• Coredescriptionareaspaceandlightingwereissuesofconcernwithanumberofscientists,andthe

LWGrecommendedthatTASinvestigatewhatcouldbedonetoimprovethesituation.• Thedepartmentcreatedseveralproposedlayoutsbymovingthetablesintomultiple

configurationsandfilmingmockcoreflowthroughthearea.Thedescriptionareawillberebuiltwithreorientedandredesignedtablestoimprovethespace.

• Lighting,however,isachallengebecauseofthelowceilingandthelackofanyadditionalspaceabovethedrop-downceilingtilesbecauseofductingandelectricalcabling.Existinglightinginthearea,includingself-illuminatingmagnifiers,isaboutasgoodaspossible.

• TheLWGdiscussedcomplaintsthatthecorelaboratoryandmicroscopelaboratoryairconditioningisextremelycold.TASwillinstallloggingthermometersintheseareastomonitorconditionsandpresentthefindingstotheshipoperatortoseewhatcanbedonetomitigatethis.

• TheLWGdiscussedtheneedtothoroughlyphotographhardrockcorematerialstakenbythemicrobiologistsfordestructivetestingsothereisarecordofwhatwasrecovered.TheLWGwillformaworkinggrouptodiscussthisbecauseithasalargerimpactthansimplyobtainingacamera;itimpactscuration,imaging/description,andmicrobiology.

• TheLWGtableddiscussionofSHILimageartifactsuntilthenewlightingisinstalledandfullytested.Itisexpectedthatthenewlightingwillalleviatereportedissues.

• TheLWGdiscussedpoorcolorrepresentationintheJPGimagescreatedbytheSHIL.Thisiscausedbytheneedtocreateausableimageforvariouspurposes(e.g.,printedVCDsheetsforhandwrittenannotation),sothegammaandcontrastvaluesfortheJPGsareoftenalteredfromthecolor-calibratedvaluessavedintheTIFFimagestocreateimagesmorepleasingtothehumaneye.TheJPGsareusedformanypurposesthatrequirethiskindofenhancementwhenthecoresareverydarkorverywhite.AsubcommitteeoftheLWGwillbeformedtodiscussthisandcomeupwithasolution.


• TheLWGrequestedthattheSHILfilenamesforthebatchdownloaderbealteredtoallowthemtobesortedalphabeticallybyExp-Site-Hole-Core-Section;arecentchangetothebatchdownloaderaffixedserialnumbersaheadofthoseidentifiers.Thishasalreadybeenaddressedbythedevelopers.

• TheLWGdiscussedthepossibilityofaddingacentimeter-scalebartotheLIMSViewer(LIVE)tooldisplaybysomemechanism.TheLWGwillcreateateamtoexplorethiswiththedevelopergroup.

• TheLWGdiscussedmakingtheX-RayDiffraction(XRD)analysissoftwareavailableonmorecomputersinthelaboratorystack.TASwillexploremakingoneofthecopiesofMalvern-PanalyticalHighScoreanditsaccompanyingICDDXRDdatabaseavirtualinstallationthatcouldbeaccessedfromanycomputeronboard.

Ongoing Issues• TheLWGdiscussedtheneedtomakethereplacementepifluorescencemicroscopesalsocapable

ofdifferentialinterferencecontrast(DIC)becausethiscapabilityisimportantforsomemicrofossilapplications.

• TheLWGdiscussedseveralsuggestionstoimprovetheCorrelatorprogramforpossibleincorporationinthenextupgradetoCorrelator.

• TheLWGdiscussedthepossibilityofacquiringaFritschAnalysettesystemforsievingsamples,andTASwillinvestigatethis(possiblygettingahands-ondemonstrationforLWGmembers)andreportbackatthenextLWGmeeting.

Geophysics

TheGeophysicsLWGmetthisquartertodiscussissuesarisingfromrecentexpeditionsaswellasongoingissues.

AlloftheexpeditionswereveryappreciativeoftheX-rayImager,despitesomeworkflowchallengesthenewsystemcreated.TheadditionoftheX-raycapabilitygreatlyenhancedscienceaccordingtonumer-oussciencepartyparticipants.

Expedition 383• TheLWGdiscussedthemoistureanddensitybalances“nottaring”properlyduringtheexpedition,

something“corrected”bypoweringthebalancesdownandup.However,theactualtarevaluebetweenthetwobalancesdoesn’thaveacorrectvalueorrangeandisentirelyarbitrary.Thephysicalpropertiestechnicianswillbeinformedofthisandwillexplainthesituationtothescientistsinthefuture.

Expedition 379T• TheLWGdiscussedproblemswiththeOceanOpticsQEProcolorreflectancespectrometer.Twoof

thedeviceshaveelectronicsorcalibrationproblemsandwillbesenttothemanufacturer,andtheQEProonshorewillbesenttotheshiptoensurethereisanactivespare.

• TheLWGdiscussedthefailureofthesuperconductingrockmagnetometer(SRM)cryocompressor(eventuallytracedtocloggingofthecoolantlinewithdebrisfromtheship’schillwaterlines).ThesparecompressorwasinstalledandSRMmeasurementsresumed.TASisdiscussingwhethertoisolatethecryocompressorfromtheship’swaterbyacquiringaliquid-liquidHaskriscoolingunit.


Expedition 385• TheLWGdiscussedmodificationofthehalf-spaceneedlesforthermalconductivitymeasurements

sothattheywillfitinsidethecoreliner.Usersarenotsatisfiedwiththepoorerprecision(~5%)ofthemini-proberelativetothenormal-sizedones(~2%).

• TheGiesaAutomatedVaneShearinstrumentfailed,andtheLWGdiscussedthepossibilitiesforrepairorreplacement,includingapurelymanualsystemliketheHumboltGeoVane.ThefinaldecisionwillbemadeatthenextLWGmeeting.

• TheLWGdiscussedtheextensivenumberofdownholetemperatureruns.Theadvancedpistoncorertemperaturetoolwasrun72times,andtheSedimentTemperature2toolwasrun25times.Inaddition,onetoolofeachtypewasmodifiedtomeasurehighertemperaturesthannormal(from55°Cto85°–90°C)byMikeMeiring(JRSOEngineer).Allofthemodifiedtoolswillbesenttoshoretoberesetandrecalibrated.

• TheLWGdiscussedthefailureofthedownholemagneticsusceptibilitysonde(MSS)tocommunicateatrig-up.TheSchlumbergerengineerrestoredonetooltofunction,buttheotherremainsdead.ThefailedMSSwillbereturnedtoheadquartersfortesting.

Ongoing Issues• TheLWGdiscussedtheongoingdevelopmentprojecttocreateaneworientationtool,aswell

asimprovementstotherig-floorpracticestotrytocorrecttheexistingcoreorientationtoolperformance.

7.Development,IT,andDatabasesTheDevelopment,IT,andDatabases(DITD)departmentmanagesdatasupportingIODPactivities,operatesandmaintainsshipboardandshore-basedcomputerandnetworksystems,andmonitorsandprotectstheJRSOnetworkandserverresourcestoensuresafe,reliableoperationsandsecurityforIODPdataandinformationtechnology(IT)resources.Additionalactivitiesincludemanagingexpeditionandpostexpeditiondata,providinglong-termarchivalaccesstodata,andsupportingJRSOITservices.

ExpeditiondataLIMSdatabase

DatafromExpedition378wereaddedtotheLIMSdatabaseonshorethisquarter.Thesedataarecur-rentlyundermoratoriumandavailableonlytothescientistswhosailedontheexpedition.Nodatawerereleasedfrommoratoriumduringthisquarter.

Expeditiondatarequests

ThefollowingtablesprovideinformationonJRSOwebdatarequestsfromthescientificcommunity.Wherepossible,visitsbyJRSOemployeeswerefilteredout.


Table7.1.Top10countriesaccessingJRSOwebdatabases

Rank

Janus database LIMS database

CountryVisitor

sessions CountryVisitor

sessions1 USA 1,179 USA 1,0182 China 570 China 4423 UnitedKingdom 159 SouthKorea 2054 SouthKorea 108 Germany 1935 Canada 106 France 1696 Germany 101 UnitedKingdom 1557 France 91 Unknown 1358 Switzerland 67 Japan 1029 Unknown 57 Netherlands 9010 Italy 49 Canada 75

Others 446 Others 541Total 2,933 Total 3,125

Table7.2.Top20databasewebqueries

RankJanus database LIMS database

Query Views Query Views1 Images—corephotos 2,424 Images—corephotos 19,3302 Legsummaries 1,860 Samples 1,3973 Holesummaries 1,613 Images—LSimg 8224 Physicalproperties—GRA 1,501 Physicalproperties—PWL 7265 Coresummaries 1,490 Sectionsummaries 7066 Sitesummaries 1,390 Physicalproperties—GRA 6287 Samples 1,205 Holesummaries 6288 Physicalproperties—MSL 1,027 Coresummaries 4539 Images—primedataimages 987 Physicalproperties—MS 40710 Physicalproperties—Color 811 Physicalproperties—RSC 36211 Physicalproperties—MAD 786 Physicalproperties—MAD 27912 Physicalproperties—PWS 751 Chemistry—IW 26613 Physicalproperties—NGR 737 Chemistry—carbonates 23314 Physicalproperties—smearslidedata 684 Images—TSimage 23115 Chemistry—IW 651 XRD 22816 Chemistry—carbonates 650 Physicalproperties—NGR 21917 Physicalproperties—PWL 636 Physicalproperties—MSpoint 20318 PMAG 592 Expanded-LSimg 18019 Imaging-Closeups 578 XRF 17820 XRD 575 Chemistry—SRANL 167

Others 6,658 Others 3,259Total 27,606 Total 30,902


Table7.3.DatarequeststotheTAMUDataLibrarianRequests Total Country Total

Howto 6 USA 11Photos 4 UnitedKingdom 3Holedata 2 Germany 1Depths 1 SouthKorea 1Descriptions 1 Spain 1Lithology 1 Yemen 1Physicalproperties 1Paleo 1VCD 1Total 18 Total 18

Networksystemsoperation,maintenance,andsecurityJRSOconfiguredandsuccessfullyplacednewOracleDatabaseAppliances(ODAs)intoserviceonshipandshore,providingcustomerswithvastlyimproveddataqueryperformanceandavailability.

8.CorecurationJRSOprovidesservicesinsupportofIntegratedOceanDrillingProgramandIODPcoresamplingandcura-tionofthecorecollectionarchivedattheGCR.

SamplingpartiesandcurationpoliciesandproceduresJRSOhostedtheExpedition383samplepartyheld11–18JanuaryintheGCR.Approximately30,000samplesweretakenduringthesampleparty.

Expedition385samplingwasstartedbyIODPstaffbecausetravelrestrictionsduetoCOVID-19preventedsciencepartyparticipation.Approximately1,100samplesweretakenbeforeallGCRsamplingwashaltedduetofurtherCOVID-19restrictionsandalocalstay-at-homeorder.

SampleandcurationstrategiesJRSOplannedsampleandcurationstrategiesthisquarterforJRSOExpedition378.

SamplerequestsandcoresamplingThefollowingtableprovidesasummaryofthe1,344samplestakenattheGCRduringthequarter.Samplerequeststhatshowzerosamplestakenmayrepresentcoresthatwereviewedbyvisitorsduringthequarter,usedforeducationalpurposes,orrequestedforX-rayfluorescence(XRF)analysis.Forpublicrelationsoreducationalvisits/tours,thepurposeofthevisitisshowninbracketsinthe“Samplerequestnumber,name,country”column,andnonumberisrecordedinthe“Numberofsamplestaken”columnifnonewsamplesweretaken.


Table8.1.GCRsamplerequests

Sample request number, name, countryNumber of

samples takenNumber of

visitors77420IODP,Lazarus,Germany 25 77451IODP,Minton,UnitedKingdom 14 77565IODP,Markul,France 0 477577IODP,Aubry,USA 48 77554IODP,Yang,USA 9 77606IODP,Hickey-Vargas,USA 29 77459IODP,Lamyman,UnitedKingdom 31 77743IODP,Riesselman,NewZealand 45 77854IODP,Bhattacharya,USA 36 77986IODP,Crundwell,NewZealand 348 78085IODP,Zakharov,Switzerland 5 74247IODP,Moretti,Germany 154 78259IODP,Stolper,USA 15 78409IODP,Kim,USA 91 178184IODP,Misra,India 142 78636IODP,Smith,USA 6 78642IODP,vandeFlierdt,UnitedKingdom 1 078708IODP,Hess,USA 324 078718IODP,Michael,USA 17 078724IODP,Michael,USA 1 078892IODP,Li,Canada 49 078947IODP,O’Connell,USA Totals 13,447 5

UseofcorecollectionandeducationandoutreachsupportJRSOpromotesoutreachuseoftheGCRcorecollectionbyconductingtoursoftherepositoryandpro-vidingmaterialsfordisplayatmeetingsandmuseums.Therepositoryandcorecollectionarealsousedforclassroomexercises.JRSOpromotesoutreachuseoftheGCRcorecollectionbyconductingtoursoftherepositoryandprovidingmaterialsfordisplayatmeetingsandmuseums.Therepositoryandcorecollectionarealsousedforclassroomexercises.Duringthisquarter,theGCRhostedaFrench-basedvisualartist,AngelikaMarkul,whoisworkingonavideoinstallationexhibitthatincorporatesExpedition364:Chicxulub:DrillingtheK-PgImpactCrater.ThisworkwasdoneincollaborationwithExpedition364Co-ChiefScientistSeanGulick(UniversityofTexasatAustin).TheGCRalsohostedapublicrelationstourfortheTexasA&MUniversityOCEANSclubandwasusedforseveralhand-onexercisesforTAMUunder-graduateresearchclasses.

Table8.2.GCRtours/visitors

Type of tour or visitor Number of visitorsScientistvisitors 1Educationaltours/demonstrations(3) 0Publicrelationstours(8) 4Totals 5


OnshoreXRFscanningDuringthisquarter,580coresectionswerescannedontheXRFattheGCR.Documentationrelatingtotheoperation,advancedconfigurations,maintenance,andtroubleshootingoftheXRFcanbefoundathttps://sites.google.com/scientific-ocean-drilling.org/xrf-iodp/home.

Table8.3.CoresectionsscannedRequest type Expedition, name, country XRF 1* XRF 2 SHIL WRMSL**

Program 385,ScienceParty,USA 0 462 0 0Program 383,ScienceParty,USA 0 64 0 0Program 382,O’Connell,USA 0 40 0 0Personal 113,O’Connell,USA 0 10 0 0Personal Non-IODP,vanHengstum,USA 0 4 0 0Totals 0 580 0 0

Notes:SHIL=SectionHalfImagingLogger,WRMSL=Whole-RoundMultisensorLogger.*XRF1iscurrentlyunavailableduetotechnicalissues(brokendoor).*TheWRMSLiscurrentlyunavailablebecauseitisservingasthedevelopmenttrackforanewX-raysystem.

9.PublicationservicesThePublicationServices(Pubs)departmentprovidespublicationsupportservicesforIODPriserlessandriserdrillingexpeditions(seeSection2)andediting,production,andgraphicsservicesforrequiredProgramreports(seeSection3),technicaldocumentation(seeSection6),andscientificpublicationsasdefinedintheJRSOcooperativeagreementwithNSF.ThePubsdepartmentalsomaintainslegacyaccessandarchivingofIntegratedOceanDrillingProgram,OceanDrillingProgram(ODP),andDeepSeaDrillingProject(DSDP)publications.

Scientificpublications

Table9.1.NewlypublishedcontentontheIODPPublicationswebsiteReports and publications JRSO USIO CDEX ESO

Scientific Prospectus

10.14379/iodp.sp.390393.2020

Preliminary ReportExpeditionReportsDataReports 10.14379/iodp.proc.369.201.2020

10.14379/iodp.proc.369.202.2020 10.14379/iodp.proc.372B375.203.2020 10.14379/iodp.proc.372B375.202.2020

WebservicesInadditiontointernalJRSOwebpageupdatesandadditions,newcontentisregularlyaddedtoIODPexpeditionwebpagesathttp://iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/expeditions.html.

Duringthelastquarter,theIODPTAMUwebsitereceived334,611pageviewsand44,070sitevisitsandtheIODPPublicationswebsitereceived325,490pageviewsand22,552sitevisits.Wherepossible,visitsbyJRSOemployeesandsearchenginespiderswerefilteredoutofthecounts.VisitorstotheIODPTAMUwebsitecamefrommorethan228countries.


Figure9.1.Top12countries/consortiaofvisitorstotheIODPTAMUwebsite

Notes:ECORD=EuropeanConsortiumforOceanResearchDrilling.ANZIC=Australia/NewZealandIODPConsortium. ECORDcountriesincludeAustria,Canada,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Ireland,Italy,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,andtheUnitedKingdom.

TheODPscienceoperator,ODPlegacy,andDSDPpublicationswebsitesarehostedatTAMU.Keydata,documents,andpublicationsproducedduringDSDPandODParepreservedintheselegacywebsitesthathighlightthescientificandtechnicalaccomplishmentsoftheseground-breakingprecursorstotheIntegratedOceanDrillingProgramandIODP.Theselegacywebsitescontaindownloadabledocu-mentsthatcoverawidespectrumofPrograminformation,fromlaboratoryandinstrumentmanualstoProgramscientificpublications,journals,andeducationalmaterials.

Table9.2.LegacywebsitestatisticsLegacy website FY20 Q2 page views* FY20 Q2 site visits*

www-odp.tamu.edu 175,827 22,409www.odplegacy.org 4,246 2,203www.deepseadrilling.org 33,558 5,734Total 213,631 30,346

*Wherepossible,visitsbyJRSOemployeesandsearchenginespiderswerefilteredout.

PublicationscoordinationDatareportsrelatedtoExpeditions338,341,353,354,361–364,and369werereceived,senttopeerreview,accepted,and/orpublishedthisquarter.

DiscoveryandaccessibilityDigitalobjectidentifiers

IODPisamemberofCrossRef,theofficialdigitalobjectidentifier(DOI)registrationagencyforscholarlyandprofessionalpublications.AllIODPscientificreportsandpublicationsareregisteredwithCrossRefandassignedauniqueDOIthatfacilitatesonlineaccess.CrossReftracksthenumberoftimesapublica-tionisaccessed,orresolved,throughtheCrossRefDOIresolvertool.Programstatisticsforthereportingquarterareshowninthetablebelow.


Table9.3.NumberofonlineDOIresolutions

Reports and publicationsDOI

prefixJanuary

2020February

2020March 2020

FY20 Q2 total

IODP 10.14379 4,475 3,508 4,008 11,991IntegratedOceanDrillingProgram 10.2204 6,004 3,947 3,464 13,415ODP/DSDP 10.2973 22,594 14,774 18,246 55,614

ScienceOpen

IntegratedOceanDrillingProgramandIODPexpeditionreportsanddatareportsareindexedatScienceOpen.JRSOdepositeddatareportsfromVolumes317,339,and341intoScienceOpenthisquarter.

Table9.4.ScienceOpenProceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Programcollectionstatistics(https://www.scienceopen.com/collection/IODP_Publications)

Period Articles added Article viewsAltmetric score

(collection)Number of

authorsReferenced

articlesTotalFY19 712 8,382 171 1,745 8,377FY20Q1 16 658 187 1,793 302FY20Q2 3 498 189 1,800 9Total to date 731 9,498 — — 8,688

Table9.5.ScienceOpenScientificOceanDrillingExpeditionResearchResultscollectionstatistics(https://www.scienceopen.com/collection/8b0582f6-47bf-4988-b90a-8533135e6fcc)

Period Articles added Article viewsAltmetric score

(collection)Number of

authorsReferenced

articlesTotalFY19 4,196 13,340 22,630 10,505 40,473FY20Q1 181 771 24,698 10,912 2,172FY20Q2 0 0 24,912 10,912 9Total to date 4,377 14,111 — — 42,645

Altmetric.com

JRSOcontributespublicationsmetadatatoTAMU’sSymplecticElementsdatabase,whichfeedsdatatohttp://altmetric.com,aplatformthatenablesmonitoringoftheonlineactivitysurroundingaca-demicresearch.Thisquarter,JRSOuploadedDOIsofIntegratedOceanDrillingProgramdatareportsforExpeditions339and341.

LegacyactivitiesCloseout

IntegratedOceanDrillingProgrampublicationscloseoutactivitiescontinuedduringthereportingperiod.DatareportspublishedduringthequarterintheProceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program arelistedabovein“Scientificpublications.”Inaddition,peer-reviewedpostcruiseresearchresultpubli-cationsrelatedtoExpeditions302,303/306,320/321–323,325,327,333,336,338,339,341–343/343T,346,347,and349wereaddedtothepublicationsdatabase.


Publicationsarchiving

ThemainIODPpublicationswebsite(http://publications.iodp.org/index.html),whichincludesfullcon-tentfromallIntegratedOceanDrillingProgramandIODPvolumes,andotherpublicationspages(http://iodp.tamu.edu/publications)arearchivedattheInternetArchive,along-termarchivespecializinginfullwebsitebackups.Quarterlycrawlsincrementallyupdatethearchivewithnewfiles,whichincluded71,231newdocuments(141.4GB)forthisquarter.Inaddition,thearchivehouseslegacypublicationssitesforDSDPandODP,foragrandtotalof1.3TBofdataand6,942,821documents.Thearchivecanbeviewedathttps://archive-it.org/collections/9148.

CitationmanagementIODPPubscontractswiththeAmericanGeosciencesInstitute(AGI)tomaintaintheScientificOceanDrillingCitationDatabase,asubsetoftheGeoRefdatabasethatcontainsmorethan35,000recordsforProgram-relatedscientificoceandrillingpublicationsfrom1969tothepresent.Thisquarter,IODPPubssent143expedition-relatedpublicationcitationsforconsiderationforinclusioninthedatabase.

Table9.6.ScientificOceanDrillingBibliographicDatabasestatisticsProgram-related

publicationsJanuary

2020February

2020March 2020

FY20 Q2 total

Searches 303 139 512 954Citationviews 481 522 548 1,551

IODPPubsalsomaintainsacurrentPDFlistofpublicationsandconferencepresentations/abstractsau-thoredbyJRSOstaffandResearchInformationSystems(RIS)-formatcitationdatalistsforIODPprogrampublicationsandstaff-authoredjournalarticles(http://iodp.tamu.edu/staffdir/indiv.html).RISisastan-dardizedtagformatthatenablescitationprogramstoexchangedata.UserscancopythecontentoftheRISfilesandimportitintomostbibliographicsoftware.RIS-formatcitationdatalistsarealsoavailableforexpedition-relatedbibliographiesforExpeditions349–388.TheIODPprogrampublication,JRSOstaff-au-thored,andexpedition-relatedbibliographylistsareupdatedquarterly.

AbstractsauthoredbyJRSOstaff

AbstractsofconferencepresentationsduringthisquarterauthoredbyJRSOstaffincludethefollowing.BoldtypeindicatesJRSOstaff(http://iodp.tamu.edu/staffdir/indiv.html).

American Geophysical Union (AGU) Chapman Conference 2020 Bova,S.C.,Rosenthal,Y.,Holbourn,A.E.,Linsley,B.K.,andKulhanek, D.K., 2020.Orbital-scalevariabilityinWesternPacificWarmPoolrainfalloverthelast1.5My[presentedattheAmericanGeophysicalUnion2020ChapmanConference,Washington,DC,5–9January2020].https://agu.confex.com/agu/20chap-man1/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/658583

AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020 Estes, E.R.,Berti,D.,Findlay,A.,Hochella,M.F.,Yücel,M.,andLuther,G.W.,2020.Differentialbehaviorofmetalsulfidesinhydrothermalplumesanddiffuseflows[presentedattheAmericanGeophysicalUnion2020OceanSciencesMeeting,SanDiego,CA,16–21February2020].https://agu.confex.com/agu/osm20/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/651870


Geological Society of America South Central Meeting 2020 Tatge,E.,Kulhanek, D.K.,andActon, G.D.,2020.PleistocenecalcareousnannofossilassemblagesfromtheMozambiqueChannel.Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,52:23-10.https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2020SC-343777

ArticlesauthoredbyJRSOstaff

Program-relatedscienceandotherarticlesauthoredbyJRSOstaffpublishedduringthisquarterincludethefollowing.BoldtypeindicatesJRSOstaff.OtherProgram-relatedsciencearticlesareavailableon-linethroughtheScientificOceanDrillingBibliographicDatabase(http://iodp.tamu.edu/publications/bibliographic_information/database.html)andtheIODPexpedition-relatedbibliographies(http://iodp.tamu.edu/publications/citations.html).• Barnes,P.M.,Wallace,L.M.,Saffer,D.M.,Bell,R.E.,Underwood,M.B.,Fagereng,A.,Meneghini,F.,et

al.(includingK.E. PetronotisandL.J. LeVay),2020.Slowslipsourcecharacterizedbylithologicalandgeometricheterogeneity.Science Advances,6(13):eeay3314.https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aay3314

• Dailey,S.K.,Clift,P.D.,Kulhanek, D.K.,Bulsztajn,J.,Routledge,C.M.,Calves,G.,O’Sullivan,P.,etal.,2020.Large-scalemasswastingontheMiocenecontinentalmarginofwesternIndia.GSA Bulletin,132(1–2):85–112.https://doi.org/10.1130/B35158.1

• Fryer,P.,Wheat,C.G.,Williams, T.,Kelley,C.,Johnson,K.,Ryan,J.,Kurz,W.,etal.,2020.Marianaserpentinitemudvolcanismexhumessubductedseamountmaterials:implicationsfortheoriginoflife.Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences,378:20180425.https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2018.0425

• Hull,P.M.,Bornemann,A.,Penman,D.E.,Henehan,M.J.,Norris,R.D.,Wilson,P.A.,Blum, P.,etal.,2020.OnimpactandvolcanismacrosstheCretaceous–Paleogeneboundary.Science,367(6475):266–272.https://doi.org/10.1126/science


Appendix:JRSOquarterlyreportdistributionJ.Allan,NSF,USA,[email protected]

T.Kashmer,NSF,USA,[email protected]

D.Thomas,TexasA&MUniversity,USA,[email protected]

C.Neal,JRFBChair,UniversityofNotreDame,USA,[email protected]

L.Armand,JRFBMember,TheAustralianNationalUniversity,Australia,[email protected]

B.K.Bansal,JRFBMember,MoES,India,[email protected]

S.Bohaty,JRFBMember,UniversityofSouthampton,UnitedKingdom,[email protected]

G.Camoin,JRFBMember,EuropeanManagementAgency,CEREGE,France,[email protected]

M.Godard,JRFBMember,UniversityofMontpellier,France,[email protected]

B.John,JRFBMember,UniversityofWyoming,USA,[email protected]

G.Y.Kim,JRFBMember,KIGAM,Korea,[email protected]

L.Krissek,JRFBMember,OhioStateUniversity,USA,[email protected]

Z.M.D.Martins,JRFBMember,CAPES,Brazil,[email protected]

Y.Sun,JRFBMember,MOST,China,[email protected]

R.Tada,JRFBMember,ChibaInstituteofTechnology,Japan,[email protected]

D.Kroon,JRFBLiaison,IODPForumChair,UniversityofEdinburgh,[email protected]

S.Davies,JRFBLiaison,UniversityofLeicester,UnitedKingdom,[email protected]

H.Given,JRFBLiaison,IODPSupportOffice,ScrippsInstitutionofOceanography,USA,[email protected]

S.Gulick,JRFBLiaison,SEPCo-Chair,EastCarolinaUniversity,[email protected]

B.Katz,JRFBLiaison,EPSPChair,ChevronCorporation,USA,[email protected]

S.Kuramoto,JRFBLiaison,MarE3/JAMSTEC,Japan,[email protected]

L.McNeill,JRFBLiaison,SEPCo-Chair,UniversityofSouthampton,UK,[email protected]

N.Seama,JRFBLiaison,ChikyuIODPBoardChair,KobeUniversity,Japan,[email protected]

G.Uenzelmann-Neben,JRFBLiaison,ECORDFacilityBoardChair,AlfredWegenerInstitute,Germany,[email protected]

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