InterRidge Biweekly E-News Archive 2009

Posted June 15th, 2009 by Coordinator

Below are copies of the biweekly e-news that were sent out to the interridge-mail list in 2009. The most recent e-news is listed first, at the top.InterRidge Email #77 (December 28, 2009)
1. InterRidge Info
- Goodbye from InterRidge Coordinator at WHOI
2. News from the Ridge Crest
3. Upcoming Meetings
- Third Annual International Ocean Stewardship Forum, 26-28 May 2010, Southampton, UK
- Workshop on Design of Marine Protected Areas for Chemosynthetic Ecosystems, 1-4 June 2010, Dinard, France
4. Jobs and Fellowships
5. Other
- "Continental Shelf: The Last Maritime Zone
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1. InterRidge Info
- Goodbye from InterRidge Coordinator at WHOI, Stace BeaulieuThe InterRidge office has now moved to the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK. As the Coordinator for the WHOI office, I would like to give special thanks to Jian Lin, Chris German, the IR Steering Committee, and Working Group Chairs for a very enriching experience these past two years. This job has been a very exciting mix of science, administration, communications, and international relations. Two decades ago, through my involvement with the International Science and Engineering Fair student competition, I was given the opportunity to participate in the London International Youth Science Fortnight. This experience in particular motivated me towards a career in the sciences that would also involve international relations. As InterRidge Coordinator, I have been able to fulfill this dream. Thank you all. Best wishes for the new year, Stace ===============================================3. Upcoming Meetings -Third Annual International Ocean Stewardship Forum Third Annual International Ocean Stewardship Forum (IOSF 2010) 26-28 May 2010 National Oceanography Centre, Southampton UK http://www.oceanstewardship.com/The National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, will once again be hosting the International Ocean Stewardship Forum from 26-28 May 2010 with the aim of facilitating the effective integration of marine science, policy and law within ocean governance. As before, we will bring world-leading experts in these disciplines together with principal users of ocean space represented by governments, industry and academia, in order to contribute to the development of a sustainable operational strategy for marine policy. Internationally recognised authorities will deliver a series of keynote presentations addressing two of the most challenging marine topics of the moment - Global Entitlements to Ocean Space: The New Order of Opportunity and Change and Biodiversity and the Marine Environment. Topics will include: Global Regimes and the Role of the International Seabed Authority, The Role of the International Tribunal in Establishing Maritime Space, Legal Regimes and the Maritime Polar Regions, The Establishment of the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf by Coastal States Under UNCLOS: Different Scenarios for Progress Over the Next Decade, Freezing the Footprint: Could Comprehensive Spatial Management be the Most Efficient Way of Managing the Deep Sea?, Disputes, Flashpoints, Conciliation - Challenges and Solutions, Establishing Policy in the Absence of Data: Modelling Habitat Suitability for Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in the Deep Sea, A Future Role for the Seabed Authority in the Protection of Deep Sea Biodiversity.-------------------------------------------- Workshop on Design of Marine Protected Areas for Chemosynthetic Ecosystems IR co-sponsored workshop: Design of Marine Protected Areas for Chemosynthetic Ecosystems Potentially Threatened by Human Activities in the Deep Sea 1-4 June 2010 CRESCO, Dinard, France Chemosynthetic ecosystems - hydrothermal vents and cold seeps - are areas of unique biodiversity and scientific interest, and targeted for seafloor mining (vents) and hydrocarbon extraction (seeps). These chemosynthetic systems differ fundamentally from other deep-sea ecosystems, such as abyssal nodule fields and seamounts, for which spatially based environmental protection strategies have been formulated. Goals: 1) To formulate a general approach, with specific examples, for the design of networks of areas for environmental protection for hydrothermal-vent and cold-seep ecosystems; 2) Outline research needs to allow better application of spatially based ecosystem management of human impacts in deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems. If interested please contact the convenor: Cindy Van Dover (clv3 at duke.edu)-------------------------------------------Meetings are also posted on the IR website (http://www.interridge.org/events). ===========================================4. Jobs and FellowshipsNew jobs and fellowships posted to the "interridge-classifieds" e-mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):------------------------------------------- Postdoctoral Scholar Program - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (USA) - Electrical Engineer - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (USA)------------------------------------------To sign up for the interridge-classifieds list, go to: http://mailman.whoi.edu/mailman/listinfo/interridge-classifieds ==========================================5. Other- "Continental Shelf: The Last Maritime Zone" released by UNEP/GRID-Arendal A comprehensive overview report on the status of the process of establishing the limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 M. http://www.grida.no/publications/shelf-last-zone/ Written and illustrated by the UNEP Shelf Programme and communications/cartography experts of GRID/Arendal, this report was released on 7 December 2009. The report attempts to give an updated view on the distribution of continental shelf areas worldwide and the implications this will have in the sea floor jurisdiction map while also pointing to the opportunities and challenges that this process is bringing for the international use of the ocean space.=========================================InterRidge Email #76 (December 14, 2009)

1. InterRidge Info
- InterRidge website has moved
- InterRidge Newsletter 2009 published
- Letter from the Chairs
2. News from the ridge crest
3. Upcoming Meetings
4. Job and Fellowships
5. Other
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1. InterRidge Info

- InterRidge website has moved

The InterRidge website (http://www.interridge.org) has moved from WHOI, USA
to NOC, Southampton UK. We are hugely appreciative of the efforts of the IT
staff at both centres who have made this happen seamlessly and painlessly!
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- InterRidge Newsletter 2009 published

The InterRidge Office is pleased to announce that InterRidge News, Vol. 18,
2009, is now available on our website at:
http://www.interridge.org/IRNewsletter

This year's issue features research articles on oceanic core complexes and
hydrothermal vents on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, provides updates from working
groups, member nations and InterRidge Fellows, and lists upcoming cruises
and events.
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- Letter from the Chairs, Jian Lin and Chris German

2009 has been a remarkable year of progress by the InterRidge science
community as reflected in articles reported in the annual Newsletter. This
is also the final year of the three-year rotation of the IR Office in Woods
Hole. All of us who worked in the IR Office in Woods Hole felt privileged
and a tremendous sense of honor to serve this remarkably vibrant community.

Exciting news from the IR community
2009 witnessed many exciting "firsts" in the thriving international,
deep-ocean research community, despite the worst worldwide economic slowdown
in decades. The U.S. hybrid remotely operated vehicle (HROV) Nereus
successfully dove to the deepest part of the world's ocean at the Challenger
Deep in the Pacific and explored the Caribbean's Cayman Trough, one of the
deepest ocean ridges. Korea launched its first icebreaker R/V Araon - this
state-of-the-art vehicle will be a major platform for carrying out exciting
research in high latitude oceans, including an ambitious multi-year
initiative to explore geological, hydrothermal, and biological processes of
the little-studied Pacific-Antarctic Ridge. Also for the first time Chinese
scientists successfully used a new ROV Hailong 2 to image hydrothermal
chimneys and sample sulfides at the equatorial East Pacific Rise. And after
many years of dedicated efforts, NEPTUNE Canada, which has a key node on the
Endeavour segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, is live!

New developments in the regional and national research programs of the IR
community, including Bulgaria, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan,
Korea, Norway, Portugal, Russia, SOPAC, Switzerland, UK, and USA, are
reported in the International Research and National News sections of the
Newsletter.

Five new fully active IR working groups: Hydrothermal Energy and Ocean
Carbon Cycles, Long-Range Exploration, Mantle Imaging, Seafloor
Mineralization, and Vent Ecology held their inaugural group meetings in
2009. The Seafloor Mineralization WG successfully convened an international
workshop and policy colloquium on "Deep-Sea Mining of Seafloor Massive
Sulfides" with recommendations provided to the 15th General Session of the
International Seabed Authority. The Deep Earth Sampling WG organized a
workshop on "Melting, Magma, Fluids and Life," which generated a timely
white paper to the IODP INVEST workshop to define the future of the
international ocean drilling program beyond 2013. These and many other WG
activities are summarized in the Working Group Updates and Workshops and
Conferences sections of the Newsletter.

The Long-Range Exploration WG and Hydrothermal Energy and Ocean Carbon
Cycles WG are planning international workshops in 2010 and 2012,
respectively, while the Mantle Imaging WG is organizing an IR Theoretical
Institute in 2011. Stay tuned for news on these and other community-wide
events.

New opportunities for international collaborations
IR continued to encourage and expand opportunities for young scientists to
participate in international collaborations through the 2009 IR Student and
Postdoctoral Fellowships, IR Student Awards at the 4th International
Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems, and partial travel funding for
students and young scientists for attending the IR workshops. This and other
news on the IR education and outreach activities are reported in the
Education and Outreach Update and InterRidge Fellows sections of the
Newsletter.

IR Office moving to Southampton, UK
We are delighted that Dr. Bramley Murton and Dr. Jon Copley at the National
Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK, will serve as Chair and Co-Chair,
respectively, of InterRidge for 2010-2012. Bram is a researcher specializing
in geological and geochemical evolution of oceanic crust. He has been a
member of IR working groups, convened IR meetings, and sits on several
research program panels (e.g., UK-IODP and NOAA Ocean Exploration).
Jon is an ecologist specializing in chemosynthetic ecosystems. He
coordinated a national research program for the use of AUV technology to
investigate challenging polar environments. He also holds several awards for
science communication and teaching and has been a news editor of New
Scientist magazine.

The next few years will be an exciting time for the UK to host the IR
Office, with UK researchers engaged in several major programs on mid-ocean
ridge systems. Over to you, Bram and Jon!
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4. Jobs and Fellowships

New jobs and fellowships posted to the "interridge-classifieds" e-mailing
list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Assistant Professor of Marine Biology, Texas USA
- Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty, USA
- Junior Ocean Engineer, Lamont-Doherty, USA.
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InterRidge Email #75 (November 30, 2009)

1. InterRidge Info
- OBS-OBEM project listings posted online by Mantle Imaging Working Group
2. News from the Ridge Crest
- Expedition to the Woodlark Basin
3. Upcoming Meetings
- British Geophysical Association Meeting, 11-12 February 2010, London, UK
4. Jobs and Fellowships
5. Other
- NEPTUNE Canada will go live on 8 December 2009
===============================================1. InterRidge Info - OBS-OBEM project listings posted online by Mantle Imaging Working Group The InterRidge Mantle Imaging Working Group would like to promote large-scale seismic/EM experiments to image the mantle structure at ridge systems. We encourage PIs with cruises for these experiments to consider availability of bunks for graduate students (esp. students from a different country) and/or to enable international collaborators to deploy additional instruments on the cruises. For the new list of OBS and OBEM projects, please see: http://www.interridge.org/OBS-OBEM Please feel free to submit your OBS and OBEM project listing here: http://www.interridge.org/node/add/obs_obem =============================================== 2. News from the Ridge Crest - Expedition to the Woodlark Basin 27 October - 6 December 2009 "Magma genesis, tectonics and hydrothermalism along the propagating spreading axis in the Woodlark Basin," an expedition led by Colin Devey (IFM-GEOMAR). Cruise dispatches (in German): http://www.ifm-geomar.de/index.php?id=5433&L=1 =============================================== 3. Upcoming Meetings - British Geophysical Association Meeting, 11-12 February 2010, London, UK British Geophysical Association, New Advances in Geophysics Meeting 2010: Magma Emplacement and Storage in the Earth's Crust Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, UK http://see.leeds.ac.uk/~eartjw/nag2010 Abstract and Early Bird Registration Deadline: 21 December 2009 *Free* for students registering before Early Bird Deadline. Magma plays a critical role in governing the mechanics of seafloor spreading, continental rifting, and in the formation of continental crust at subduction zones. Yet, until recently, few direct observations had been made of magma emplacement and storage. This meeting will bring together scientists from a variety of disciplines within Earth Sciences to discuss new inter-disciplinary observations and models of magma emplacement and storage, and the implications for volcanism. Keynote and Invited Speakers to Include: Claude Jaupart (Institut de Physique du Globe, Paris), Will Wilcock (University of Washington), Matt Pritchard (Cornell University), Charlie Langmuir (Harvard University), Zhong Lu (USGS), John MacLennan (University of Cambridge), Freysteinn Sigmundsson (University of Iceland), Catherine Annen (University of Bristol), Kathy Whaler (University of Edinburgh), James Hammond (University of Bristol). Organisers: Tim Wright (University of Leeds), John Blundy (University of Bristol), Bob White (University of Cambridge), Joe Cann (University of Leeds) ------------------------------------------ Meetings are also posted on the IR website (http://www.interridge.org/events). =============================================== 4. Jobs and Fellowships New jobs and fellowships posted to the "interridge-classifieds" e-mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs): - Associate Professor - Igneous Petrology - Aarhus University (Denmark) - Faculty positions - Marine sciences - National Taiwan University (Taiwan) ---------------------------------------------- To sign up for the interridge-classifieds list, go to - http://mailman.whoi.edu/mailman/listinfo/interridge-classifieds =============================================== 5. Other - NEPTUNE Canada will go live on 8 December 2009 Live data from NEPTUNE Canada will begin flowing on 8 December! Mark your calendar for the Go-live Webcast, 10:00 PST. Online via webcast at www.neptunecanada.ca =================================== ===================================InterRidge Email #74 (November 16, 2009)

1. InterRidge Info
- Inaugural meeting next week: InterRidge/SCOR Working Group on "Hydrothermal Energy and Ocean Carbon Cycles"
2. News from the Ridge Crest
- Guaymas Geomicrobiology Cruise
3. Upcoming Meetings
- AOGS 2010, 5-9 July 2010, Hyderabad, India
4. Jobs and Fellowships
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1. InterRidge Info

- Inaugural meeting next week: InterRidge/SCOR Working Group on "Hydrothermal Energy and Ocean Carbon Cycles"

The InterRidge/SCOR Working Group on "Hydrothermal Energy and Ocean Carbon Cycles" will hold its inaugural meeting on Nov. 22-23, 2009, in Woods Hole, MA, USA.
The Working Group mission is to consider the diverse pathways of biomass generation driven by hydrothermal processes on mid-ocean ridges and the potential contribution that they may make to the global ocean carbon cycle. The meeting will identify sub-groups (water column, deep-biosphere, seafloor ecosystems) and links with initiatives like GEOTRACES, IODP, and any future programmes emerging from the Census of Marine Life beyond 2010.

For more information about the new Working Group:
http://www.interridge.org/WG/carboncycles
Working Group Chairs: Nadine Le Bris (lebris@obs-banyuls.fr) and Chris German (cgerman@whoi.edu).
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2. News from the Ridge Crest

- Guaymas Geomicrobiology Cruise

7-17 November 2009
A main objective of this cruise is to study the microbial ecology of actively venting sulfide deposits at hydrothermal vents in the Guaymas Basin.
The cruise is led by Co-Chief Scientists Anna-Louise Reysenbach and Margaret (Meg) Tivey from the USA, with participating scientists also from China, Mexico, and the Netherlands.
Blog: http://geomicroguaymas.blogspot.com/

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3. Upcoming Meetings

- AOGS 2010, 5-9 July 2010, Hyderabad, India

Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 2010
Hyderabad, India, 5-9 July 2010
http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2010/
Deadline to submit session proposals: 1 December 2009
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Meetings are also posted on the IR website (http://www.interridge.org/events).
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4. Jobs and Fellowships

New jobs and fellowships posted to the "interridge-classifieds" e-mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Postdoctoral Research Assistant – Deep Ocean Physics and Hydrography - University of Southampton (UK)
- Faculty Position - Climate and Global Change - University of Florida (USA)
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http://mailman.whoi.edu/mailman/listinfo/interridge-classifieds

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===============================================InterRidge Email #73 (November 2, 2009)

1. InterRidge Info
- InterRidge to sign Letter of Agreement with UNEP/GRID-Arendal
2. Upcoming Meetings
- European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, 2-7 May 2010, Vienna, Austria
3. Jobs and Fellowships
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1. InterRidge Info

- InterRidge to sign Letter of Agreement with UNEP/GRID-Arendal

InterRidge is pleased to announce a Letter of Agreement (LoA) to be signed with GRID-Arendal, a collaborating center of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The GRID (Global Resource Information Database) center, recognized worldwide for its role in bridging the gap between science and policy, is based in Arendal, Norway (http://www.grida.no/). The objective of the LoA is to establish a framework for cooperation between UNEP/GRID-Arendal and InterRidge. This will be the first LoA in which InterRidge is a signatory. LoA’s are routinely used at UNEP/GRID-Arendal for non-binding expressions of cooperation.

For more information about the LoA, please see:
http://www.interridge.org/LoA/GRID

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2. Upcoming Meetings

- European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, 2-7 May 2010, Vienna, Austria

http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2010/index.html

Session convened by InterRidge Working Group on Mantle Imaging:
GD4.1/GMPV52
Melt generation to crustal formation beneath mid-ocean ridges
Convener: Nobukazu Seama
Co-Conveners: Wayne C. Crawford, Pascal Tarits, Douglas Wiens, Alan Chave, Douglas Toomey, John Chen

Recent progress in long term observation technology on the seafloor enables the imaging of mantle structure beneath mid-ocean ridges using both seismological and electromagnetic techniques. The ensuing velocity and resistivity structures, combined with results from laboratory experiments on mantle rocks and from numerical simulations, provide important constraints toward understanding melt generation and mantle dynamics beneath different ridge systems. Further, the connection between the different mantle structures as input and the crustal formation as output can yield the controlling parameters, and improve understanding of how ridges work. The purpose of this session is 1) exchange of the latest mantle structure results and laboratory experiments on mantle rocks, 2) addressing variability of crustal formation through investigations of structural, geophysical, petrological and geochemical characteristics of the crust, and 3) linking investigations from numerical simulations to identify the parameters controlling crustal formation and mantle structure.
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Meetings are also posted on the IR website (http://www.interridge.org/events).
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3. Jobs and Fellowships

New jobs and fellowships posted to the "interridge-classifieds" e-mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Postdoctoral Scholars and Fellows - Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics - Scripps Institution of Oceanography (USA)
- Assistant, Associate and/or Senior Scientist - Petrology and Geochemistry - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (USA)
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http://mailman.whoi.edu/mailman/listinfo/interridge-classifieds
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===============================================InterRidge Email #72 (October 19, 2009)
1. InterRidge Info
- InterRidge Working Group on "Long-Range Exploration" held inaugural meeting, 14-16 Sept. 2009
2. Jobs and Fellowships
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1. InterRidge Info

- InterRidge Working Group on "Long-Range Exploration" held inaugural meeting, 14-16 Sept. 2009

The IR Long-Range Exploration Working Group (http://www.interridge.org/WG/Exploration) held its inaugural meeting in Woods Hole on 14-16 Sept. 2009. The overall mandate of the WG is to identify vehicles with the necessary reliability, depth and endurance capability for long-range exploration of the mid-ocean ridge, define standard sensor packages and standardize calibration and data processing, and identify the most urgent targets for such exploration work.

A main goal of the WG meeting was to plan for an international workshop on long-range exploration of oceanic spreading centers, including mid-ocean ridges and back-arc basin systems. The purpose of this workshop will be to bring together scientists and technologists to plan international programs for hypothesis-driven exploration of large regions of the ocean ridge crests and flanks. The workshop is tentatively planned for 28-30 June 2010 in Southampton, UK, and Colin Devey (IFM-GEOMAR, Germany) and Chris German (WHOI, USA) will serve as the co-conveners.

Stay tuned for further details from the IR Long-Range Exploration WG in the 2009 InterRidge annual newsletter, which is scheduled to be published in late Nov. 2009.
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2. Jobs and Fellowships

Several new jobs and fellowships have been posted to the "interridge-classifieds" e-mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Postdoc - Seismology and Geodynamics - University of Hawaii-Manoa, Honolulu (USA)
- Postdoc - Geology and Geophysics - National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK)
- Postdoctoral Fellowships at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (USA)
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http://mailman.whoi.edu/mailman/listinfo/interridge-classifieds
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===============================================InterRidge Email #71 (October 5, 2009)
1. News from the Ridge Crest
- Oases Expedition to the Mid-Cayman Rise
;2. Upcoming Meetings
2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 22-26 February 2010, Portland, Oregon (USA)
2010 Goldschmidt Conference, 14-18 June 2010, Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)
3. Jobs and Fellowships
4. Other
- New themed volume of G3 on slow-spreading ridges
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1. News from the Ridge Crest

- Oases Expedition to the Mid-Cayman Rise

October 7 - November 6, 2009
The key purpose of this cruise is to search systematically for and locate the first sites of deep-sea hydrothermal activity along the ~110km of the Mid Cayman Spreading Center (17°50'-18°50'N, 81°30'-82°00'W) - Earth's deepest ultraslow spreading ridge.
Blog by PI Chris German: http://oases-expedition.blogspot.com/
Blog by Master of R/V Cape Hatteras: http://www.sailblogs.com/member/chmaster/
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2. Upcoming Meetings

- 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 22-26 February 2010, Portland, Oregon (USA)

2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting
22-26 February 2010, Portland, Oregon (USA)
http://www.agu.org/meetings/os10/
Reminder - Abstract deadline: October 15, 2009

For list of sessions of interest to the InterRidge community:
http://www.interridge.org/node/5726
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2010 Goldschmidt Conference, 14-18 June 2010, Knoxville, Tennessee (USA)

http://www.goldschmidt2010.org/index
Call for Sessions: due October 18, 2009

The 2010 Goldschmidt Conference will focus on "Earth, Energy, and the Environment." The organizing committee has identified twenty theme areas and is now accepting proposals for sessions within each theme. The following are of particular interest to the InterRidge community:
Theme 1: Planetary Evolution and Astrobiology (Dave Des Marais, Malcolm Walter) Theme 3: Deep-Earth Processes: Core and Mantle (Steve Shirey, Bernard Bourdon, Bernie Wood)
Theme 5: Evolution of Oceanic Crust and its Hydrothermal Systems (Bill Seyfried, Wolfgang Bach)
Theme 7: Magma Generation, Volcanism and Ore Formation (Peter Larson, Chris Heinrich)
Theme 10: Global Element Cycles and Climate Change (Andy Jacobson, Anton Eisenhauer)
Theme 15: Mineral–Microbe Interactions (Jeremy Fein, Andreas Kappler)
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Meetings are also posted on the IR website (http://www.interridge.org/events).
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3. Jobs and Fellowships

Several new jobs and fellowships have been posted to the "interridge-classifieds" e-mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Multiple positions - Earth Observatory of Singapore

- Postdoctoral position - deep-sea instrumentation - MPI for Marine Microbiology (Germany) and Harvard Univ. (USA)
- Two faculty positions - Marine Environmental Sciences and Technology - National Taiwan Normal University
- InterRidge Office Coordinator, Part-Time - National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK)
- Multiple faculty positions - Scripps Institution of Oceanography (USA)
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To sign up for the interridge-classifieds list, go to -
http://mailman.whoi.edu/mailman/listinfo/interridge-classifieds=============================================== 4. Other - New themed volume of G3 on slow-spreading ridges Submissions are encouraged for a new themed volume “Life, energy and material cycles at slow-spreading ridges" (Theme Editors: Colin Devey, Nicole Dubilier, Jian Lin, Nadine Le Bris and Doug Connelly). Visit the G-3 theme: http://www.agu.org/journals/gc/themes.shtml?collectionCode=MANTLE1&journ... THEME DESCRIPTION: This theme is intended to provide a focus for results of recent studies on slow-spreading ridges globally. Because of their complex interplay between magmatism, tectonism and hydrothermalism, determining fundamental principles of how slow-spreading ridges and their associated ecosystems work has required time-consuming and costly studies of relatively large areas of the seafloor, often with remotely-operated or autonomous vehicles. The first fruits of a new generation of such studies are now becoming available. This theme should showcase and assemble these results. CLOSING DATE: October 2011 Note that G3 publishes each manuscript independently. =============================================== ===============================================InterRidge Email #70 (September 21, 2009)

1. Upcoming Meetings
- AGU Chapman Conference on "Detachments in Oceanic Lithosphere," 8-16 May 2010, Cyprus
2. Other
- Workshop report and white paper available: "Melting, Magma, Fluids, and Life"
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1. Upcoming Meetings

- AGU Chapman Conference on "Detachments in Oceanic Lithosphere," 8-16 May 2010, Cyprus

AGU Chapman Conference on "Detachments in Oceanic Lithosphere: Deformation, Magmatism, Fluid Flow, and Ecosystems"
8-16 May 2010, Cyprus
http://www.agu.org/meetings/chapman/2010/dcall/

Oceanic core complexes (OCCs) are deep sections of the oceanic lithosphere exhumed to the seafloor by long-lived detachment faults formed along the flanks of ultra-slow to intermediate-spreading mid-ocean ridges. These structures have attracted interest because: (1) provide windows into the oceanic lithosphere, (2) are an important component of lithospheric accretion along ridges, (3) host a large variety of high- and low-temperature hydrothermal fields and associated ecosystems, (4) represent an extreme case of strain localization and tectonic deformation, and (5) may provide insights into the origin and nature of continental metamorphic core complexes and detachment faulting in extensional continental margins.

The goals of the conference are:
•To share results and synthesize our current knowledge of OCCs, oceanic detachment faulting, and associated geological, chemical, and biological phenomena
•To identify relevant scientific questions that remain unanswered, put forward new questions, and define both scientific experiments and an approach strategy to address them.

InterRidge is co-sponsoring this conference.
Conveners: J. Pablo Canales (WHOI, USA) and Javier Escartin (IPGP, France)

Travel Grants
Support has been awarded from the European Science Foundation towards the participation of young European scientists. Please contact Javier Escartín for further information: escartin@ipgp.fr
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Meetings are also posted on the IR website (http://www.interridge.org/events).
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2. Other

- White paper and workshop report available: "Melting, Magma, Fluids, and Life"

Melting, Magma, Fluids and Life: Challenges for the next generation of scientific ocean drilling into the oceanic lithosphere
A workshop to benchmark achievements and plan future investigations of the Formation and Evolution of the Oceanic Lithosphere and its Role within the Earth System
National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, UK, 27-29 July 2009
http://www.interridge.org/WG/DeepEarthSampling/workshop2009

* NEW * White paper for INVEST workshop: http://www.interridge.org/files/interridge/MMFL_WP_Teagle.pdf
* NEW * Workshop report available: http://www.interridge.org/files/interridge/MMFL_wkshp_rpt_2009_final.pdf
* NEW * Full workshop report with presentations (30 MB): http://www.interridge.org/files/interridge/MMFL_wkshp_rpt_2009_final_ful...
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===============================================InterRidge Email #69 (September 8, 2009)

1. InterRidge Info
- Final call for articles for 2009 InterRidge Newsletter
- 2009 InterRidge Steering Committee report available online
2. Upcoming Meetings
- IODP INVEST, 23-25 September 2009, Bremen, Germany
3. Jobs and Fellowships
4. Other
- InterRidge participants at SOPAC STAR meeting in October 2009
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1. InterRidge Info

- Final call for articles for 2009 InterRidge Newsletter

This is our final call for articles to be included in the 18th Volume of the InterRidge News, which will be published in November 2009.
All papers must be submitted by email to the InterRidge office (interridge@whoi.edu) by 15 September 2009.
The annual Newsletter is a great opportunity to report the preliminary results from a recent cruise, let the community know about a new instrument or online tool that you have developed, or report on a workshop or meeting in the past year. Articles involving multi-national cooperation are especially encouraged.

For more information about submitting an article:
http://www.interridge.org/node/222
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- 2009 InterRidge Steering Committee report available online

The 2009 InterRidge Steering Committee report is now available online at:
http://www.interridge.org/stcom/reports
To go directly to the PDF:
http://www.interridge.org/files/interridge/IR_StCOM_report_2009_FINAL_8S...
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2. Upcoming Meetings

- IODP INVEST, 23 - 25 September 2009, Bremen, Germany

IODP New Ventures in Exploring Scientific Targets (INVEST) 2009
September 23 - 25, 2009, University of Bremen, Germany
http://www.marum.de/iodp-invest.html
**NEW** White papers are available online at the INVEST website
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Meetings are also posted on the IR website (http://www.interridge.org/events).
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3. Jobs and Fellowships

One new job has been posted to the "interridge-classifieds" mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Postdoctoral position - Computational geophysics - Seoul National University (Korea)
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4. Other

- InterRidge participants at SOPAC STAR meeting in Vanuatu, October 2009

This year’s SOPAC Science, Technology and Resources Network (STAR) meeting will have a special focus on deep-sea minerals. InterRidge has several working groups that are interested in deep-sea minerals (e.g., our Seafloor Mineralization WG), and/or interested in ridge-crest research in the SW Pacific region (e.g., Vent Ecology and Hydrothermal Energy and Ocean Carbon Cycles WGs). Please contact the InterRidge Office if you are planning to, or would like to attend the STAR meeting.
To access the STAR Call for Papers, with abstracts due this week (11 Sept. 2009), please go to:
http://www.sopac.org.fj/tiki-index.php?page=Annual+Session+2009-Vanuatu
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==============================================InterRidge Email #68 (August 24, 2009)

1. InterRidge Info
- Announcing the new Chairs and next location of the InterRidge Office
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1. InterRidge Info

- Announcing the new Chairs and next location of the InterRidge Office

On behalf of the InterRidge Steering Committee, we are delighted to announce that Dr. Bramley Murton and Dr. Jon Copley at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK, will serve as Chair and Co-Chair, respectively, of InterRidge for 2010 - 2012. Bram is a researcher specializing in geological and geochemical evolution of oceanic crust. He has been a member of InterRidge working groups, convened InterRidge meetings, and sits on several research program panels (e.g., UK-IODP, IODP EPSP and NOAA Ocean Exploration). Jon is an ecologist specializing in chemosynthetic ecosystems. He coordinated a national research program for the use of AUV technology to investigate challenging polar environments. He also holds several awards for science communication and teaching and has been a news editor of New Scientist magazine.

The next few years will be an exciting time for the UK to host the InterRidge Office, with UK researchers engaged in several major programs on mid-ocean ridge systems including: the East Scotia Ridge and Bransfield Strait; 13°N, Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR); Lucky Strike, MoMAR area; 45°N, MAR; the Mid-Cayman Rise; and the Reykjanes Ridge flanks.

We look forward to working with Bram and Jon over the next few months to enable a smooth transition to the next InterRidge Office.

Congratulations, Bram and Jon!

Jian Lin (Chair), Chris German (Co-chair), and State Beaulieu (Coordinator), InterRidge Program
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===============================================InterRidge Email #67 (August 10, 2009)

1. InterRidge Info
- Reminder: Call for papers for InterRidge News 2009
2. Upcoming Meetings
- AGU Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2009, San Francisco, California, USA
3. Jobs and Fellowships
4. Other
- IODP Thematic Review on Ocean Crust Formation and Structure
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1. InterRidge Info

- Reminder: Call for papers for InterRidge News 2009

We are requesting articles for the 18th Volume of the InterRidge News, which will be published in November 2009.
We encourage you to submit articles on topics such as preliminary results of research related to ridges, back-arc basins, and ophiolites, shipboard or immediate post-cruise results, and new equipment, opinion articles, and workshop reports.
All papers must be submitted by email to the InterRidge office (coordinator@interridge.org) by Tuesday, 15 September 2009.
Full call for papers at:
http://www.interridge.org/node/222
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2. Upcoming Meetings

- AGU Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2009, San Francisco, California, USA

http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/
Abstract deadline: 3 September 2009

Sessions of interest to InterRidge listed at:
http://www.interridge.org/node/5834
New listing:
T31: Forearcs and Backarcs on the Ocean Floor and the Geologic Record
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3. Jobs and Fellowships

Two new jobs have been posted to the "interridge-classifieds" mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Science Director - Center for Ocean Solutions - Stanford University (USA)
- Principal Investigator - Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (USA)
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4. Other

- IODP Thematic Review on Ocean Crust Formation and Structure

The Thematic Review on "Oceanic Crustal Structure and Formation: IODP and ODP Achievements November 2002 - December 2005" is now posted at the IODP website (http://www.iodp.org/trc) and as a PDF file at the InterRidge website:
http://www.interridge.org/node/5847
As stated in the Executive Summary, "The formation and alteration of the oceanic lithosphere are important components of the Solid Earth Cycles and Geodynamics theme of the IODP Initial Science Plan (ISP). This report reviews findings within these areas by IODP and two of the final legs of ODP."
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===============================================InterRidge Email #66 (July 27, 2009)

1. Upcoming Meetings
- IODP INVEST, 23-25 September 2009, Bremen, Germany
- AGU Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2009, San Francisco, California, USA
- European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, 2-7 May 2010, Vienna, Austria
2. Jobs and Fellowships
3. Other
- Photographic identification guide to larvae at hydrothermal vents
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1. Upcoming Meetings

- IODP INVEST, 23 - 25 September 2009, Bremen, Germany

IODP New Ventures in Exploring Scientific Targets (INVEST) 2009
September 23 - 25, 2009, University of Bremen, Germany
http://www.marum.de/iodp-invest.html
Pre-meeting registration ends: August 3, 2009
Call for white papers: target date August 31, 2009
Note: Some travel stipends available to graduate students and post docs.

Third circular and call for white papers available at:
http://www.interridge.org/node/5633
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- AGU Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2009, San Francisco, California, USA

http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/
Abstract deadline 3 September 2009

Sessions of interest to InterRidge listed at:
http://www.interridge.org/node/5834
B06: Buried Alive: The Dark, Deep Biosphere of Intraterrestrial Life
OS03: New Insights from Integrated Multidisciplinary Studies of Oceanic Spreading Center Processes - Ridge 2000 Research
V35: Submarine Volcanic Eruptions: Studies of Geological, Chemical, and Biological Processes
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- European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, 2-7 May 2010, Vienna, Austria

The next General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU 2010) will be held again at the Austria Center Vienna (ACV) from 2-7 May 2010.
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2010/
Session proposals due 14 September 2009

To take an active part in organizing the scientific programme of the conference:
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/egu2010/provisionalprogramme
Please suggest new sessions and conveners and modify existing skeleton programme sessions. The latter were compiled by the respective EGU Programme Group officers based on community input at the last business meetings or later.
When making suggested changes/additions to the programme, as a general guideline we encourage: (i) conveners from multiple countries and institutes, (ii) the inclusion of young scientists, (iii) gender diversity. Please check with all of the suggested conveners that they agree to take part in the proposed session.
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2. Jobs and Fellowships

Several new jobs have been posted to the "interridge-classifieds" mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Postdoctoral position - Marine geosciences - MARUM (Germany)
- Assistant/Associate Professor - Environmental Science - University of Hong Kong
- Graduate student and postdoc positions - In situ sensor development for the marine environment (European research institutes)
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3. Other

- Photographic identification guide to larvae at hydrothermal vents

We would like to announce the publication of a “Photographic Identification Guide to Larvae at Hydrothermal Vents,” available online at: http://www.whoi.edu/vent-larval-id/, as a PDF, or by request as a hard copy. The purpose of the guide is to assist researchers in the identification of larvae of benthic invertebrates at hydrothermal vents. The guide is based mainly on plankton sampling at the East Pacific Rise (EPR) 9-10°N vent field from 1991 - present. For more information and to download the PDF:
http://www.interridge.org/node/5829
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===============================================InterRidge Email #65 (July 13, 2009)

1. InterRidge Info
- Call for papers for the InterRidge News 2009
- InterRidge Vent Ecology Working Group at 4th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems
2. Jobs and Fellowships
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1. InterRidge Info

- Call for papers for the InterRidge News 2009

The InterRidge Office is requesting article submissions for the 18th Volume of the InterRidge News, which will be published in November 2009.
InterRidge News is published annually by the InterRidge Office. The newsletter contains brief research articles, the world ridge cruise schedule, updates from the InterRidge Working Groups and from our National Correspondents, and a calendar of upcoming meetings of interest to the InterRidge community. InterRidge News is intended for the rapid publication of preliminary results and cruise reports that do not appear in other publications.
All papers must be submitted by email to the InterRidge office (interridge@whoi.edu) by 15 September 2009.
Please see the following webpage for formatting guidelines:
http://www.interridge.org/IRNewsletter/formatting
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- InterRidge Vent Ecology Working Group at 4th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems

Specialists in the biology of hydrothermal vents gathered June 29 - July 3 in Okinawa, Japan, for the 4th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems (CBE). The Symposium, sponsored in part by InterRidge, brought together approximately 200 scientists from across the globe. Studies of hydrothermal vent macro- and microbiology were presented for ridge-crest sites including the eastern Pacific (e.g., Juan de Fuca Ridge and East Pacific Rise), the western Pacific (e.g., Manus and Lau Basins and Okinawa Trough), the southern and northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and Indian Ocean (e.g., Rodrigues Triple Junction).

Members of the InterRidge Vent Ecology Working Group held a meeting during the Symposium, and Yoshihiro Fujiwara (JAMSTEC) was chosen as a new Co-Chair to serve alongside Co-Chair Stephane Hourdez.

InterRidge presented two awards to students:
- Dennis Fink, from Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, received the “hottest” poster award, for his work titled, “Symbiont response to changes in vent fluid flow;" and
- Daphne Cuvelier, from University of the Azores, received the “hottest” oral presentation award, for her talk titled, “A first decadal study (1994-2008) of community dynamics on an Atlantic hydrothermal edifice as revealed by high-resolution video image analysis.”

We would like to thank the CBE Organizing Committee, including Chair Tadashi Maruyama (JAMSTEC) and Secretary Yoshihiro Fujiwara, and the Scientific Committee, chaired by Shigeaki Kojima (ORI, Univ. Tokyo). Proceedings of the Symposium will be published in Cahiers de Biologie Marine.
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2. Jobs and Fellowships

One new job has been posted to the "interridge-classifieds" mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Postdoctoral Position - Marine Geoscience - Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (France)
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===============================================InterRidge Email #64 (June 29, 2009)

1. InterRidge Info
- InterRidge Steering Committee meeting, 10-11 July 2009, Paris, France
2. Jobs and Fellowships
3. Other
- New MPA in Mexico includes hydrothermal vents in Guaymas Basin and EPR
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1. InterRidge Info

- InterRidge Steering Committee meeting, 10-11 July 2009, Paris, France

The annual meeting of the InterRidge Steering Committee will take place in Paris, France, on 10-11 July 2009.
Please contact the InterRidge office or a Steering Committee member (listed at http://www.interridge.org/stcom) if you have an item that you would like discussed. For previous Steering Committee reports, please go to:
http://www.interridge.org/stcom/reports
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2. Jobs and Fellowships

Two new jobs have been posted to the "interridge-classifieds" mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Tenure-track faculty positions - Oceanography and Biogeochemistry - Interuniversity Institute of Marine Science (Israel)
- Professorship/Associate Professorship - Marine Geophysics - University of Oslo (Sweden)
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3. Other

- New MPA in Mexico includes hydrothermal vents in Guaymas Basin and EPR

Hydrothermal vent sites in Guaymas Basin and at 21 deg. N on the East Pacific Rise are now by decree Marine Protected Areas in Mexico.
For more information, please read the news release from Diario Oficial de la Federation (in Spanish):
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5093568&fecha=05/06/2009
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===============================================InterRidge Email #63 (June 15, 2009)

1. InterRidge Info
- InterRidge participates at KOPRI's 16th International Symposium on Polar Sciences
2. Upcoming Meetings
- Alpine Ophiolites and Modern Analogues Workshop, 30 Sep. - 2 Oct. 2009, Parma, Italy
3. Jobs and Fellowships
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1. InterRidge Info

- InterRidge participates at KOPRI's 16th International Symposium on Polar Sciences

Last week, the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) hosted the 16th International Symposium on Polar Sciences in Incheon, Korea. The symposium brought together ~130 scientists from the broad fields of both ridge and climate research, representing 11 countries around the globe. The meeting was timely, with the expected launch this week of the new Korean research icebreaker Araon, with sea trials planned for November 2009. The energy in anticipation of the opportunities for expanding Korea’s ocean science programs and collaborating with other nations was palpable immediately in the opening address and throughout the two days of presentations and workshop discussions.

The workshop program on ridge research was organized by Sung-Hyun Park, Korea’s Steering Committee member in InterRidge. An objective of this program was to forge collaborations for the Korean Polar Ridge program (KOPRIDGE) which is planned to explore for hydrothermal activity at the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge over the next several years. Presentations were also given for other ridge and submarine volcanic systems from the Bransfield Strait in the Southern Ocean to the Gakkel Ridge in the Arctic. For more information and list of talks presented by InterRidge, please see:
http://www.interridge.org/node/5811

We thank Dr. Park and KOPRI for inviting InterRidge to participate in the Symposium, and we look forward to many years ahead of international collaboration in ridge research enabled by the Araon.
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2. Upcoming Meetings

- Alpine Ophiolites and Modern Analogues Workshop, 30 Sep. - 2 Oct. 2009, Parma, Italy

Alpine Ophiolites and Modern Analogues Workshop
September 30 to October 2, 2009 in Parma, Italy
http://www.alpineophiolite2009.org
REMINDER: Abstract and registration deadline July 3, 2009
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Meetings are also posted on the IR website (http://www.interridge.org/events).
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3. Jobs and Fellowships

Two new jobs have been posted to the "interridge-classifieds" mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Staff Associate & Data Manager Assistant - GeoInformatics - Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (USA)
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===============================================InterRidge Email #62 (June 1, 2009)

1. InterRidge Info
- Announcement of awards for 2009 InterRidge Student and Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Scientific questions and recommendations from the InterRidge Seafloor Mineralization Working Group
2. Jobs and Fellowships
3. Other
- BISMaL, a new biological database online at JAMSTEC's Global Oceanographic Data Center
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1. InterRidge Info

- Announcement of awards for 2009 InterRidge Student and Postdoctoral Fellowships

The InterRidge Steering Committee is very pleased to announce the awards for the 2009 InterRidge Student and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. The awards go to Susan Lang, a postdoctoral researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), USA, to work at a laboratory in Switzerland, and to Surya Prakash, a Ph.D. candidate at the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), India, to conduct research in the USA.

The title of Lang's project is "Investigating the formation mechanisms and inorganic precursors of formate and acetate in Lost City hydrothermal fluids." Lang will determine the stable carbon isotopes of formate and acetate and the radiocarbon isotopes of formate in Lost City fluids with the objective to: (1) constrain the formation mechanisms of formate and acetate (biological vs. abiological), and (2) determine the inorganic precursor to these species (mantle CO2 vs. seawater bicarbonate). Lang is advised by Dr. Lihini Aluwihare at SIO, and the fellowship will be conducted with Dr. Gretchen Früh-Green at ETH Zürich, Institute for Mineralogy and Petrology.

Prakash is our first fellow to be supported through the International Seabed Authority Endowment Fund. The title of Prakash's proposal is "Helium isotope studies of hydrothermal plume over slow spreading Carlsberg Ridge, Indian Ocean." Prakash will analyze helium isotopes in water samples collected in a systematic survey of the Carlsberg Ridge to confirm the existence and source of a hydrothermal plume in this region. Prakash is advised by Dr. K. A. Kamesh Raju at NIO, and the fellowship will be conducted with Dr. John. E. Lupton at NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory.

Later this year, we will profile our 2009 fellows on the InterRidge website and in our annual Newsletter. Congratulations to both!

We would like to extend special thanks to the reviewers for the fellowship proposals. All proposals were reviewed by two topical science reviewers (one a native and the other a non-native English speaker). We would also like to thank the Advisory Panel to the ISA Endowment Fund. For more information about the ISA Endowment Fund, please see: http://www.isa.org.jm/en/efund/fund.

For more information on the InterRidge Student and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, please see: http://www.interridge.org/fellowship. The Call for Proposals for the 2010 Fellowships will be released by January 2010.
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- Scientific questions and recommendations from the InterRidge Seafloor Mineralization Working Group

We have just released the report from the Working Group on Seafloor Mineralization that met on April 3, 2009, following the workshop in Woods Hole on deep-sea mining of seafloor massive sulfides.
The PDF file is posted at the workshop website (http://www.whoi.edu/workshops/deepseamining/), in the button “Science and Policy Workshop,” under “Workshop Publications.”
You may also access the PDF directly here:
http://www.interridge.org/files/interridge/SMWG_meeting_report_2009_fina...

The InterRidge Working Group on Seafloor Mineralization (SMWG) has developed three groups of questions and recommendations to advance the scientific knowledge of seafloor massive sulfide (SMS) deposits:
What are the spatial controls on hydrothermal activity and SMS deposition?
What are the timescales for the evolution of SMS deposits?
What are the changes in biological communities that occur during the evolution of an SMS deposit?
Recommendations range from developing a list of criteria to quantify the extent of activity at a hydrothermal vent site, to using cutting-edge technology to locate and characterize inactive deposits, to encouraging biological studies of inactive and extinct SMS deposits.

A sound scientific base of knowledge would both advance science and inform the commercial and political world of the importance of these multi-faceted resources and encourage responsible development. These questions and recommendations have been provided to the International Seabed Authority for the 15th Session (25 May - 5 June 2009).
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2. Jobs and Fellowships

Two new jobs have been posted to the "interridge-classifieds" mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Post-doctoral Research Associate - Marine Geoscience - Univ. Manchester (UK)
- Director - Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (France)
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3. Other

- BISMaL, a new biological database online at JAMSTEC's Global Oceanographic Data Center

JAMSTEC has just launched a new database, Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL), online at the Global Oceanographic Data Center (GODAC):
http://www.godac.jp/portal/page/portal/GDC/GPSS216/TAB_TOP
You can search marine species including those from deep-sea vents and seeps around the Japan Islands and browse photographs, descriptions on morphology/ecology, videos, sample records, and references of each species.
In addition, the GODAC website links to:
- JAMSTEC cruise reports,
- GANSEKI: Deep Sea Floor Rock Sample Database, and
- Deep-sea Video Database featuring video from vehicles including Shinkai 6500 and HYPER-DOLPHIN.
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===============================================InterRidge Email #61 (May 18, 2009)

1. InterRidge Info
- Vent Ecology Working Group's "High Throughput" webpage
- 2008 InterRidge Steering Committee report available online
2. News from the Ridge Crest
- FLEXE's Lau Basin Research Cruise 2009
3. Upcoming Meetings
- Melting, Magma, Fluids and Life: Workshop for Scientific Ocean Drilling, 27-29 July 2009, Southampton, UK
- ECORD Summer School: Geodynamics of mid-ocean ridges, 31 Aug. - 11 Sep. 2009, Bremen, Germany
4. Jobs and Fellowships
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1. InterRidge Info

- Vent Ecology Working Group's "High Throughput" webpage

The InterRidge Vent Ecology Working Group would like to encourage interactions between researchers with common interests in high-throughput genomic approaches for the study of deep-sea hydrothermal vent organisms. We created a new webpage that lists high-throughput projects:
http://www.interridge.org/highthroughput

Please feel free to submit your high-throughput listing here:
http://www.interridge.org/node/add/highthroughput
Please contact the InterRidge Coordinator (coordinator@interridge.org) or Working Group Chair, Stephane Hourdez (hourdez@sb-roscoff.fr), with any questions.
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- 2008 InterRidge Steering Committee report available online

The 2008 InterRidge Steering Committee report is now available online at:
http://www.interridge.org/stcom/reports
To go directly to the PDF:
http://www.interridge.org/files/interridge/IR_StCOM_2008_report_FINAL_11...
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2. News from the Ridge Crest

- FLEXE's Lau Basin Research Cruise 2009

Join FLEXE as it concludes its 2009 pilot project with a research cruise to the Lau Back-Arc Basin, 16 May - 8 June 2009. Find out what questions U.S. Ridge 2000 and InterRidge scientists are working on as they continue their inquiry to understand what factors influence animal distributions in different communities found at vents along the East Lau Spreading Center.
Featured on the GLOBE Program's website:
http://www.globe.gov/projects/flexecruise/index09
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3. Upcoming Meetings

- Melting, Magma, Fluids and Life: Workshop for Scientific Ocean Drilling, 27-29 July 2009, Southampton, UK

Limited funds to support travel have been provided by U.S. and other national agencies.
Please note: Applicants requesting travel funding must register by 5 June 2009.
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- ECORD Summer School: Geodynamics of mid-ocean ridges, 31 Aug. - 11 Sep. 2009, Bremen, Germany

MARUM, University of Bremen (Germany)
http://www.glomar.uni-bremen.de/ECORD_Summer_School_2009.html

Please note: Application deadline extended to 31 May 2009.
InterRidge is co-sponsoring this summer school to help reduce the registration fee and encourage PhD students to attend. Participation is open to the international community.
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4. Jobs and Fellowships

Several new jobs and fellowhsips have been posted to the "interridge-classifieds" mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- 2009/10 TAWNI fellowships - ChEss Census of Marine Life: application deadline 22 May 2009
- Ph.D. candidate - Biogeochemistry, or sensor development - University of Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6 (France)
- MARUM Postdoc Fellowship - University of Bremen, Germany
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===============================================InterRidge Email #60 (May 4, 2009)

1. News from the Ridge Crest
- Cruise dispatches: Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Northeast Lau Basin
2. Upcoming Meetings
- OceanObs'09 Conference, 21-25 Sep. 2009, Venice, Italy
- Alpine Ophiolites and Modern Analogues Workshop, 30 Sep. - 2 Oct. 2009, Parma, Italy
3. Jobs and Fellowships
4. Other
- Handbook of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna now available online
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1. News from the Ridge Crest

- Cruise dispatches: Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Northeast Lau Basin

Link to two ridge-crest cruises that are currently underway:
- Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 4-11°S, 30 Mar. - 12 May 2009, R/V Meteor, ROV Kiel 6000, AUV Abyss, Chief Scientist Richard Seifert, weekly reports online (in German):
http://www.ifm.zmaw.de/leitstelle/reisen-des-fs-meteor/

- NE Lau Basin Eruption Response Cruise, 5-13 May 2009, R/V Thompson, ROV Jason II, AUV D. Allan B., Chief Scientist Joe Resing, sponsored by U.S. Ridge 2000/MARGINS/NOAA-OE:
http://laueruptions.blogspot.com/

Link to InterRidge Cruise Database: http://www.interridge.org/IRcruise
Add a cruise to the database: http://www.interridge.org/node/add/cruise
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2. Upcoming Meetings

- OceanObs'09 Conference, 21-25 Sep. 2009, Venice, Italy

OceanObs'09 Conference
September 21-25, 2009, Venice, Italy
http://www.oceanobs09.net/
Registration at reduced rate through 15 May 2009
Abstract deadline (posters): 1 July 2009

Almost a decade has passed since the OceanObs’99 symposium played a major role in consolidating the plans for a comprehensive ocean observing system able to deliver systematic global information about the physical environment of the oceans. The OceanObs’09 symposium will celebrate a decade of progress and make a major contribution to chart the way forward for the coming decade.

Organizing Committee Co-chairs:
D.E. Harrison (PMEL/NOAA; chair of the GCOS-GOOS-WCRP Ocean Observations Panel for Climate)
Detlef Stammer (ZMAW, Universität Hamburg; chair of the CLIVAR Global Synthesis and Observations Panel)
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- Alpine Ophiolites and Modern Analogues Workshop, 30 Sep - 2 Oct 2009, Parma, Italy

Alpine Ophiolites and Modern Analogues Workshop
September 30 to October 2, 2009 in Parma, ITALY
Abstract and registration deadline: July 3, 2009

http://www.alpineophiolite2009.org
Please note that the website has been updated and includes the online procedure for abstract submission, registration and payment.
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3. Jobs and Fellowships

Several new jobs have been posted to the "interridge-classifieds" mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Postdoctoral Position - Seismology and Geodynamics - University of Hawaii-Manoa, Honolulu (USA)
- Postdoctoral Researcher - Hydrothermal Plume Dynamics - CIFAR (Canada)
- Postdoctoral Research Scientist - Geoinformatics Data Specialist - Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory (USA)
- Postdoctoral Position - Marine Microbial Molecular Ecology - Universidad de Concepción (Chile)
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4. Other

- Handbook of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna now available online

The Handbook of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna (Desbruyères et al., second edition, 2006, Denisia 18) is now posted online as a series of PDF files at:
http://www.biologiezentrum.at/biophp/de/band_det.php?litnr=23702
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==============================================InterRidge Email #59 (April 21, 2009)

1. Upcoming Meetings
- ICES Symposium, 27-30 April 2009, Horta, Azores (Portugal)
- Melting, Magma, Fluids and Life: Workshop for Scientific Ocean Drilling, 27-29 July 2009, Southampton (UK)
- 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 22-26 February 2010, Portland, Oregon (USA)
2. Jobs and Fellowships
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1. Upcoming Meetings

- ICES Symposium, 27-30 April 2009, Horta, Azores (Portugal)

Issues Confronting the Deep Oceans: The Economic, Scientific, and Governance Challenges and Opportunities of Working in the Deep Sea
27-30 April 2009, Horta, Azores, Portugal
http://www.turangra.com/deepocean

*NEW* Program available at http://www.turangra.com/deepocean/ICESDeepSeaSymposiumProgram.pdf
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- Melting, Magma, Fluids and Life: Workshop for Scientific Ocean Drilling, 27-29 July 2009, Southampton (UK)

Melting, Magma, Fluids and Life:
Challenges for the next generation of scientific ocean drilling into the oceanic lithosphere
National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, UK, 27-29 July 2009
http://www.interridge.org/WG/DeepEarthSampling/workshop2009
*NEW* Online registration now available at:
http://cis.whoi.edu/science/interridge/des/registration.cfm
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- 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 22-26 February 2010, Portland, Oregon (USA)

2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting
22-26 February 2010, Portland, Oregon (USA)
http://www.agu.org/meetings/os10/
Call for sessions due 29 May 2009

Stewardship of marine resources in the 21st Century demands the development of predictive tools based on models and field observations. The challenge of developing these tools forms the theme of the 2010 Ocean Sciences meeting, which will be assemble February 22-26 in Portland, Oregon. This overarching theme emphasizes efforts to link observations and models to form superior predictions across multiple space and time scales.

Special session proposals are invited that are related to this theme, i.e., focusing on some aspect of observations, models, and also field or laboratory experiments that ultimately seek to enhance our predictive ability, as well as efforts focusing on education, outreach, and marine policy. Session proposals focusing on paleoceanography, geological oceanography and research related to the International Polar Year are also encouraged.
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2. Jobs and Fellowships

Several new jobs have been posted to the "interridge-classifieds" mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Lecturer positions - Geomechanics and Structural Geology - Leeds University (UK)
- Full Professor - Marine Biology - University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
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===============================================InterRidge Email #58 (April 6, 2009)

1. InterRidge Info
- Brief report on Deep-Sea Mining Workshop and Colloquium, April 1-3, 2009
2. Jobs and Fellowships
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1. InterRidge Info

- Brief report on Deep-Sea Mining Workshop and Colloquium, April 1-3, 2009

Last week, the InterRidge Office coordinated a science and policy workshop on "Deep-Sea Mining of Seafloor Massive Sulfides: A Reality for Science and Society in the 21st Century." A total of 98 participants from more than 20 nations attended the workshop in Woods Hole, MA, USA. Participants included scientists, lawyers, economists, government representatives, the International Seabed Authority (ISA), mining companies, and NGOs. Students from countries around the globe including Papua New Guinea, Mauritius, and Djibouti, also were among the participants. A number of media representatives also attended, and the Associated Press bulletin was broadcast on over 3000 webpages (news media and blogs) around the globe including USA Today, CBS News, and the Sydney Morning Herald.

The workshop began with a full day of science presentations, from the full spectrum of disciplines, including geology, geophysics, geochemistry, macro- and micro-biology, and marine conservation. Studies were reported from all ocean basins and a full range of hydrothermal systems, including mid-ocean ridges, back-arc basins, and submarine arc volcanoes. The abstract booklet is available at the InterRidge website: http://www.interridge.org/science/IRmeetings/reports. The second day of the workshop was devoted to a policy discussion, with presentations from the ISA, the International Marine Minerals Society, Nautilus Minerals, Teck, Anglo American, and the Marine Conservation Biology Institute.

The workshop concluded with a public colloquium, "Precious Metals from Deep-Sea Vents," which will be available soon as a podcast online at: http://www.whoi.edu/workshops/deepseamining. Keynote speakers and panelists were Caitlyn Antrim (Rule of Law Committee for the Oceans), Sabine Christiansen (World Wildlife Fund), Rod Eggert (Colorado School of Mines), Chris German (WHOI, ChEss Co-Chair and InterRidge Co-Chair), Nii Allotey Odunton (ISA Secretary-General), Samantha Smith (Nautilus Minerals), and Maurice Tivey (WHOI, and Chair of the InterRidge Working Group on Seafloor Mineralization).

Following the workshop and colloquium, the InterRidge Working Group on Seafloor Mineralization met to discuss the gaps in scientific knowledge that were identified by the various stakeholders. One outcome of the Working Group meeting will include a summary of topics related to seafloor massive sulfides that require further scientific study. This summary will be provided to the ISA as well as for further discussion at a number of upcoming international meetings.

We received many positive comments on the unique blend of disciplines and diversity at the workshop, and the workshop was successful in establishing a dialogue between the broad range of stakeholders. We would like to extend many thanks to our sponsors: the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the ChEss project of the Census of Marine Life, InterRidge, and the U.S. Ridge 2000 program.
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2. Jobs and Fellowships

Two new jobs and fellowships have been posted to the "interridge-classifieds" mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Environmental Earth Science/Earth System Science (2 posts) - Open University (UK)
- 2009/10 TAWNI fellowships - ChEss Census of Marine Life
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===============================================InterRidge Email #57 (March 23, 2009)

1. InterRidge Info
- New Steering Committee Member from Portugal and National Correspondent from Bulgaria
- LAST REMINDER: InterRidge Student and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
- LAST REMINDER: Call for bids to host the next InterRidge Office
2. Upcoming Meetings
- International Ocean Stewardship Forum 2009, 10-12 June 2009, Southampton, UK
3. Jobs and Fellowships
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1. InterRidge Info

- New Steering Committee Member from Portugal and National Correspondent from Bulgaria

First, we would like to welcome our new Steering Committee member from Portugal, Dr. Pedro Ferreira, researcher at Laboratorio Nacional de Energia e Geologia (formerly INETI). The science community of Portugal has made major contributions to international studies of deep-sea processes at mid-ocean ridges, and we envision that such progress will continue to be made in the coming years. We would like to thank Dr. Fernando Barriga for his leadership and dedicated service to the InterRidge Steering Committee from 2001 - 2008.

Second, we would like to welcome Bulgaria as a new Corresponding Member of InterRidge, with Dr. Vesselin Dekov serving as Bulgaria's first national correspondent. Dr. Dekov is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geology and Paleontology at the University of Sofia. With the addition of Bulgaria, we now have 31 Member Nations and Regions in InterRidge (http://www.interridge.org/nations). Look for the first update from Bulgaria in the next issue of InterRidge News later this year.
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- LAST REMINDER: InterRidge Student and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Call for proposals: InterRidge Student and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2009

All application materials are to be submitted electronically to the InterRidge Coordinator (coordinator@interridge.org) by 31 March 2009.

For more information and application forms, please see:
http://www.interridge.org/fellowship
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- LAST REMINDER: Call for bids to host the next InterRidge Office

Call for bids to host the next InterRidge Office, 2010-2012
Submission deadline: 31 March 2009

In January 2010 the InterRidge Office is due to rotate under the appointment of a new Chair. All interested Members of InterRidge are invited to submit bids to host the new office and nominations for the new Chair. The full call for bids is posted at:

http://www.interridge.org/files/interridge/Call_for_bids_InterRidge_Offi...
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2. Upcoming Meetings

- International Ocean Stewardship Forum 2009, 10-12 June 2009, Southampton, UK

International Ocean Stewardship Forum 2009
10-12 June 2009
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
http://www.oceanstewardship.com/

The 2009 International Ocean Stewardship Forum will aim to strengthen the coordination between marine policy making and implementation, with particular focus on two topical themes in marine governance:

The Arctic Ocean; We are still assessing its potential for resources, and recognising the changing face of navigational and recreational use of its waters, and its expected radical ecosystem change. There is a critical need for appropriate environmental care, and sustainable and stable maritime jurisdiction and oversight.

Geoengineering; What are the potential issues relating to influencing the properties of the oceans to mitigate anthropogenic affects of (say) greenhouse gas emissions? What could be the benefits and disadvantages from iron-fertilisation, CO2 sequestration, atmospheric seeding with sulphur particles – and what are the international legal aspects?

For general information, email: info@oceanstewardship.com
See listing on InterRidge website: http://www.interridge.org/node/5719

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3. Jobs and Fellowships

Three new jobs have been posted to the "interridge-classifieds" mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Lecturer in Geophysics/Seismology - University of Liverpool (UK)
- Marine Aquatic Chemist - Bedford Institute of Oceanography (Canada)
- Molina Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Science - MIT (USA)
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===============================================InterRidge Email #56 (March 9, 2009)

1. News from the Ridge Crest
- Ridge-related cruises currently underway
2. Upcoming Meetings
- 4th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems, 29 June - 3 July 2009, Okinawa, Japan
- Melting, Magma, Fluids and Life: Workshop for Scientific Ocean Drilling, 27-29 July 2009, Southampton, UK
3. Jobs and Fellowships
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1. News from the Ridge Crest

- Ridge-related cruises currently underway

Several ridge-related cruises are currently underway across the globe, including the following which have cruise blogs online:
- North Pond Expedition on R/V Merian to the flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge with scientists from Germany and USA: http://northpondexpedition.usc.edu/2009/02/about_the_expedition.html
- R/V Thompson cruise to hydrothermal vents at the Kermadec Arc with scientists and students from New Zealand, USA, and UK: http://courses.washington.edu/ocean444/2009/
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2. Upcoming Meetings

- 4th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems, 29 June - 3 July 2009, Okinawa, Japan

4th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems: Hydrothermal Vents, Seeps and Other Reducing Habitats
29 June - 3 July 2009, Okinawa, Japan
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/xbr/4th_CBE/
Reminder: Early Registration & Abstract Deadline - Mar. 9, 2009 - TODAY
Registration & Abstract Deadline - Mar. 19, 2009
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- Melting, Magma, Fluids and Life: Workshop for Scientific Ocean Drilling, 27-29 July 2009, Southampton, UK

With the imminent development of a new science plan for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), it is timely to review achievements and identify future experiments to refine our knowledge of the mid-ocean ridge processes and the myriad chemical and biological exchanges between the ocean crust and the wider Earth system. This workshop will benchmark achievements and plan future investigations of the Formation and Evolution of the Oceanic Lithosphere and its Role within the Earth System.

Conveners: Damon Teagle (NOC, Southampton, UK), Natsue Abe (IFREE, JAMSTEC, Japan), Wolfgang Bach (University of Bremen, Germany), Donna Blackman (Scripps, La Jolla, USA), Rosalind Coggon (Imperial College, London, UK), Henry Dick (WHOI, Woods Hole, USA), Katrina Edwards (USC, Los Angeles, USA), and Benoit Ildefonse (Geosciences Montpellier, CNRS, France)

For further details: please e-mail oceancrust@gm.univ-montp2.fr
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3. Jobs and Fellowships

Two new fellowships and traineeships have been posted to the "interridge-classifieds" mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- POGO-SCOR Fellowship Programme for 2009
- Ph.D. Traineeships - Geomicrobiology - Montana State University (USA)
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===============================================InterRidge Email #55 (February 23, 2009)

1. Upcoming Meetings
- Russian Ridge Workshop, 8-9 June 2009, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), 11-15 August 2009, Singapore
- Alpine Ophiolites and Modern Analogues Workshop, 30 Sep - 2 Oct 2009, Parma, Italy
2. Jobs and Fellowships
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1. Upcoming Meetings

- Russian Ridge Workshop, 8-9 June 2009, St. Petersburg, Russia

Russian Ridge Workshop:
Magmatic and Hydrothermal Systems Interaction in the Mid-Ocean Ridges
8-9 June 2009, VNIIOkeangeologia, St. Petersburg, Russia
Deadline for Abstracts submission: April 1, 2009

General discussion on main results of multidisciplinary investigations of mid-ocean ridges conducted in 2007-2008 by Russian and foreign scientists will be held during this workshop.
Abstracts should be submitted to:
G.A. Cherkashov (VNIIOkeangeologia): Fax:7-(812) 714 14 70, cherkashov@vniio.ru
S.А. Silantyev (Vernadsky Institute): Fax: 7-(495) 938 2 054, silantyev@geokhi.ru
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- Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), 11-15 August 2009, Singapore

Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), 6th Annual General Meeting
11-15 August 2009, Singapore
http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2009/index.asp
Abstract deadline: 15 March 2009

Session of interest to InterRidge:
[SE63] Western Indian Ocean - The enigma persists
The western Indian Ocean (WIO) holds signatures of enormous crustal transshipment of India by 5000 km. In addition, the WIO is the home of at least two major hotspots - Marion and Reunion. There are several aspects, which are still poorly understood in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO).
In particular, the formation of the Amirante Trench–Ridge Complex, the origin of the Laxmi Ridge & Basin, and the formation & evolution of the Carlsberg Ridge are immensely important to fully appreciate the evolution of the western Indian Ocean, particularly between the two major dismemberments at about 85 Ma and 65 Ma. It is also surprising that no reconstruction based on detailed petrology has been carried out so far. A well-defined integration of petrological and geodynamic data and information, we believe, could help understand the dynamics of separation of key Gondwanaland blocks and decipher the evolution of the western Indian Ocean.
We shall examine during the session-- (1) to bring out a statement on the present understanding, (2) to draw future research course and (3) to a modality to collate expertise scattered worldwide to solve WIO enigma. Prof. John J Mahoney (Univ. of Hawaii) and Prof. S Chatterjee (TTU- Texas) have agreed to share the dais.

Ranadhir Mukhopadhyay
Convener, SE-63, AOGS-2009
National Institute of Oceanography
Dona Paula 403004, Goa
Tel: 91-832-245-0246, Fax: 91-832-245-0602
Email: ranadhir@nio.org
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- Alpine Ophiolites and Modern Analogues Workshop, 30 Sep - 2 Oct 2009, Parma, Italy

Alpine Ophiolites and Modern Analogues Workshop
September 30 to October 2, 2009 in Parma, ITALY
http://www.alpineophiolite2009.org
Abstract and registration deadline: July 3, 2009

“Alpine Ophiolites and Modern Analogues” is an international workshop organized by the Italian Working Group on Mediterranean Ophiolites. The Workshop aims at discussing multidisciplinary aspects related to continental rifting and formation/evolution of an oceanic basin, based on studies from MORB-type Alpine ophiolites and their modern analogues, i.e. magma-poor passive margins and slow-to ultra-slow spreading ridges.
The Workshop consists of three days of oral/poster presentations. Two optional field excursions on Ligurian ophiolites (September 28-29, 2009) and Lanzo Peridotite Massif (October 3-4, 2009) are also planned.
The oral presentation schedule will include some key-note lectures by H. Dick, M.Cannat, B. Ildefonse, G. Manatschal, O. Müntener, B. Tucholke.
If you are interested in attending the meeting and want to receive future updates please send an email to: ophiolite2009@unipr.it
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2. Jobs and Fellowships

Two new jobs have been posted to the "interridge-classifieds" mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Marine Geoscientist - Kelly Scientific Resources - Houston, TX (USA)
- Post-doctoral position - Marine chemistry - CNRS, Toulouse (France)
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===============================================InterRidge Email #54 (February 9, 2009)

1. News from the Ridge Crest
- Inactive Hydrothermal Vent Field Discovered at the Southwest Indian Ridge 50.5E
2. Upcoming Meetings
- Workshop on Deep-Sea Mining of Seafloor Massive Sulfides, 1-2 April 2009, Woods Hole, MA (USA)
- 16th International Symposium on Polar Sciences, 10-12 June 2009, Incheon, South Korea
- Goldschmidt Conference, 21-26 June 2009, Davos, Switzerland
3. Job and Fellowships
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1. News from the Ridge Crest

- Inactive Hydrothermal Vent Field Discovered at the Southwest Indian Ridge 50.5E

The 5th leg of the 2008 Chinese DY115-20 expedition on board R/V Dayangyihao has successfully discovered an inactive hydrothermal vent field at 50.4671°E, 37.6579°S on the ultraslow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR). This inactive hydrothermal field is located on the shallowest portion of a ridge of the SWIR west of the Gallieni Transform Fault, and is about 49 miles east of the first active hydrothermal vent field discovered in this region in 2007 (http://www.interridge.org/node/86). Two areas of sulfide deposits within this inactive vent field were confirmed tentatively by video system and nine TV-grabber samples. Many dead bivalve shells and some gastropod shells were found in the red metalliferous sediment, indicating that the hydrothermal activity became extinct not long ago.

For more information, please see: http://www.interridge.org/node/5706
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2. Upcoming Meetings

- Workshop on Deep-Sea Mining of Seafloor Massive Sulfides, 1-2 April 2009, Woods Hole, MA (USA)

Deep-Sea Mining of Seafloor Massive Sulfides: A Reality for Science and Society in the 21st Century
1-2 April 2009, Woods Hole, Massachusetts (USA)
http://www.whoi.edu/workshops/deepseamining

The science and policy workshop is limited to a total of 100 participants, in order to maximize the chances for interaction and discussions in a group setting. The workshop organizing committee is inviting a balanced number of scientists from different disciplines as well as representatives from commercial, economic, legal, and government and NGO interests. Please contact the workshop coordinator (coordinator@interridge.org) as soon as possible if you are interested in attending the workshop.

For those unable to attend the workshop, we will be broadcasting live, over the internet, the public colloquium which follows the workshop on the afternoon of Thurs., April 2 (see: "Public Colloquium and Live Web Casting" at the URL above).
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- 16th International Symposium on Polar Sciences, 10-12 June 2009, Incheon, South Korea

16th International Symposium on Polar Sciences
June 10-12, 2009, Incheon, South Korea
http://symposium.kopri.re.kr/
Abstract deadline: 17 April 2009

Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) annually hosts polar scientists in the world to discuss the progress and future of polar sciences.
This year, the symposium will be dedicated in particular to celebrate launch of a brand new icebreaker, R/V Araon. Thereby the themes of this symposium will be focused on the polar research that can be achieved on platform of icebreaker or research vessel in the field of geosciences under the banner of “Polar Exploration with Araon”.

This year the symposium will focus on:
(1) interaction of polar ocean systems to the changing climate,
(2) past climate archived in the polar oceans and ice-sheets,
(3) exploration of hydrothermal vent system in the polar oceans, and
(4) tectonics and magmatism at the polar ocean ridges.

Organizing committee:
Sung-Hyun Park (shpark314@kopri.re.kr), and
Tae Siek Rhee (rhee@kopri.re.kr)

To download the 1st circular, please go to: http://www.interridge.org/node/5707
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- Goldschmidt Conference, 21-26 June 2009, Davos, Switzerland

Goldschmidt™ 2009 - "Challenges to Our Volatile Planet"
June 21-26 in Davos, Switzerland
http://www.goldschmidt2009.org/index
Reminder: Abstract Deadline: 22 February 2009

For Goldschmidt sessions of interest to InterRidge, go to: http://www.interridge.org/node/5631
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3. Job and Fellowships

No new job postings this week;
Please check our website for previous postings (http://www.interridge.org/jobs)
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===============================================InterRidge Email #53 (January 26, 2009)

1. InterRidge Info
- Call for Proposals: InterRidge Student and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
2. News from the Ridge Crest
- R/V DayangYihao cruise found first active hydrothermal vent fields at the equatorial Southern East Pacific Rise
- ChEsSo cruise locates three hydrothermal plumes in the Southern Ocean
- R/V Maria S. Merian cruise underway at Logatchev hydrothermal vent field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
3. Upcoming Meetings
- Goldschmidt Conference 2009, 21-26 June 2009, Davos, Switzerland
- 4th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems, 29 June - 3 July 2009, Okinawa, Japan
4. Job and Fellowships
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1. InterRidge Info

- Call for Proposals: InterRidge Student and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Call for proposals: InterRidge Student and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2009
Application deadline: 31 March 2009

As part of InterRidge’s mission to promote international, collaborative, and interdisciplinary studies of oceanic spreading centers, we invite proposals for InterRidge Student and Postdoctoral Fellowships of up to $5000 US each. These new Fellowships are designed to encourage international collaboration on any aspect of ridge-crest science by graduate students or postdoctoral researchers, fostering long-standing partnerships for their future careers. These Fellowships can be used for any field of ridge-crest science. In particular these awards are encouraged to be used for international cruise participation, international laboratory use, and adding an international dimension to the Fellow’s research.

We expect to offer a total of three Fellowships in 2009. One of the Fellowships, funded by InterRidge, is open to a graduate student or postdoc from any nation. The remaining two Fellowships are funded by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Endowment Fund, with the requirement that the graduate student or postdoc is either from a developing country or will assist in training those of a developing country. The ISA Endowment Fund is a new program for collaborative marine scientific research, with details and brochure available at: http://www.isa.org.jm/en/efund/

For the the full Call for Proposals, application requirements, and to download application forms, please go to:
http://www.interridge.org/fellowship

Questions? Contact the InterRidge Coordinator (coordinator@interridge.org)
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2. News from the Ridge Crest

- R/V DayangYihao cruise found first active hydrothermal vent fields at the equatorial Southern East Pacific Rise

In August-September 2008, an expedition on Chinese R/V DayangYihao has successfully discovered, for the first time, active hydrothermal vent fields on the fast-spreading Southern East Pacific Rise (SEPR) near the equator. The newly discovered vent fields are located along a 22-km-long ridge segment of the SEPR near 2°S. China Ocean Minerals R & D Association (COMRA) funded and sponsored this expedition, during which Chinese scientists collaborated with a team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Check the following InterRidge news item for details:
http://www.interridge.org/node/5703
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- ChEsSo cruise locates three hydrothermal plumes in the Southern Ocean

The ChEsSo cruise (JR224) on board RRS James Clark Ross is underway from 12 Jan - 18 Feb 2009, exploring deep Antarctic waters for hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Cruise PIs from the UK include Rob Larter (Chief Scientist), Alex Rogers (InterRidge Steering Committee Member), and Paul Tyler (Co-Chair of the ChEss project of the Census of Marine Life). Scientists from Portugal and Spain are also participating in this multidisciplinary expedition.
The latest news includes the excitement of locating three hydrothermal plumes on the East Scotia Ridge. Check the cruise website for daily updates:
http://www.classroomatsea.net/JR224/index.html
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- R/V Maria S. Merian cruise underway at Logatchev hydrothermal vent field, Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Cruise MSM 10/3 on board R/V Maria S. Merian is underway from 11 Jan - 13 Feb 2009, with scientists from Germany and France, led by Chief Scientist Nicole Dubilier (InterRidge Steering Committee Member). This cruise is part of the German Science Foundation’s Priority Program “From Mantle to Ocean” (SPP 1144) in which scientists are working together to better understand the geology, chemistry, and biology of hydrothermal vents on the slow-spreading Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Scientists are using the ROV Kiel 6000 to investigate the Logatchev hydrothermal vent field at 14°45’ N, 44°58’ W.
For weekly cruise reports, check the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology website:
http://www.mpi-bremen.de/en/Cruise_reports_from_Maria_S._Merian.html
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3. Upcoming Meetings

- Goldschmidt Conference 2009, 21-26 June 2009, Davos, Switzerland

Goldschmidt™ 2009 - "Challenges to Our Volatile Planet"
June 21 - 26 in Davos, Switzerland
http://www.goldschmidt2009.org/index
Abstract Deadline: 22 February 2009

Session of interest to InterRidge:
4c: Hydrothermal processes at mid-ocean ridges: temporal and spatial variability and impacts on biogeochemical cycling between mantle, crust, and ocean
Convenors: Hedy Edmonds (UT), Julie Bryce (UNH), Marv Lilley (UW), Adelie Delacour (IPGP), Marguerite Godard (U. Montpelier)
Keynote Speaker: Andrea Koschinsky
Session Description: The numerous hydrothermal systems discovered along mid-ocean ridges during the last decades have underscored the importance of seawater circulation and alteration processes in crustal and mantle-dominated lithosphere as means of mass and energy transfers in oceanic accretion zones. Hydration of the cooling lithosphere results in a series of strongly interconnected thermal, chemical, and biological processes within and upon the seafloor, which contribute significantly to biogeochemical budgets throughout the Earth-ocean system. Throughout her career, Karen Von Damm provided many insights into these significant processes by studying temporal and spatial variations in mid-oceanic ridge hydrothermal systems. In celebration of her legacy, we encourage contributions from all who seek to shed light upon the geological, geochemical and biological processes active at mid-oceanic ridge spreading centers.

For additional sessions at Goldschmidt, go to: http://www.interridge.org/node/5631
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- 4th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems, 29 June - 3 July 2009, Okinawa, Japan

4th International Symposium on Chemosynthesis-Based Ecosystems: Hydrothermal Vents, Seeps and Other Reducing Habitats
29 June - 3 July 2009, Okinawa, Japan
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/xbr/4th_CBE/

Online registration is now open
Early Registration & Abstract Deadline - Jan. 31, 2009
Registration & Abstract Deadline - Feb. 27, 2009
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4. Jobs and Fellowships

Several new jobs have been posted to the "interridge-classifieds" mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Postdoctoral Fellowships - Carnegie Institution of Washington (USA)
- Postdoctoral Fellows - University of Hawaii NASA Astrobiology Institute (USA)
- Scientific Instrument Manager - NEPTUNE Canada
- Science Editor - International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme - Royal Swedish Academy (Sweden)
- Assistant Professor - Environmental Microbiology - Oregon State University (USA)
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===============================================InterRidge Email #52 (January 12, 2009)

1. InterRidge Info
- Call for bids to host the next InterRidge Office, 2010 - 2012
2. Upcoming Meetings
- Workshop on Deep-Sea Mining of Seafloor Massive Sulfides, 1-2 April 2009, Woods Hole, MA (USA)
3. Job and Fellowships
4. Other
- USA: Marianas Trench Marine National Monument
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1. InterRidge Info

- Call for bids to host the next InterRidge Office, 2010 - 2012

The following conditions apply:
The InterRidge Office will be located at the home institution of the selected Chair. Only Principal Members of InterRidge are eligible to host the Office and the InterRidge Chair (bids will be accepted from those countries who are not currently Principal Members, if the bid is accompanied by an undertaking to become a Principal Member by 1 January 2010). The period of tenure of the Chair is normally three years. Each bid should be submitted through the National Representative on the Steering Committee. Each country may submit more than one bid, on the understanding that the Member will accept the decision of the Steering Committee as final. Bids should be sent to the InterRidge Office by 31 March 2009. The final decision on the bids will be made at the InterRidge Steering Committee meeting to be held in July 2009. The Steering Committee may seek further information and/or negotiate with Members who have submitted bids before making a final decision.
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2. Upcoming Meetings

- Workshop on Deep-Sea Mining of Seafloor Massive Sulfides, 1-2 April 2009, Woods Hole, MA (USA)

Deep-Sea Mining of Seafloor Massive Sulfides: A Reality for Science and Society in the 21st Century
1-2 April 2009, Woods Hole, Massachusetts (USA)
http://www.whoi.edu/workshops/deepseamining

Deep-sea hydrothermal vent systems are attracting considerable interest from commercial mining companies. Vent systems precipitate seafloor massive sulfide (SMS) deposits that are rich in copper, gold, silver, and zinc. This event will bring together scientists, specialists in marine conservation, mineral economics, and public international law, the International Seabed Authority, national interests in SMS, and representatives of industry and NGOs. The issue of deep-sea mining of SMS is of global importance, connected to the global economy, society, and the conservation of unique marine life.

Science and Policy Workshop (limited to 100 participants): 1-2 April
Organizing Committee:
Maurice Tivey (WHOI, USA), Chair of InterRidge Working Group on Seafloor Mineralization;
Members of the InterRidge Working Group on Seafloor Mineralization: Georgy Cherkashov (Russia), Yves Fouquet (France), Mark Hannington (Canada), Yasuhiro Kato (Japan), Jonguk Kim (Korea), Lisa Levin (USA), Rachel Mills (UK), K.A. Kamesh Raju (India), Xuefa Shi (China), Ingunn Thorseth (Norway), and Cindy Van Dover (USA);
Co-Chairs of the ChEss (Chemosynthetic Ecosystems) project of the Census of Marine Life: Chris German (WHOI, USA) and Paul Tyler (NOC, UK);
Jian Lin (WHOI, USA), InterRidge Chair;
Porter Hoagland (Senior Research Specialist, Marine Policy Center, WHOI, USA).

Morss Colloquium: Public Forum and Live Web Casting (2 April, afternoon)
Keynote Speakers:
Rod Eggert (Division Director, Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines);
Lyle Glowka (Senior Legal Advisor to the Convention on Biological Diversity);
Nii Allotey Odunton (Secretary-General, International Seabed Authority);
Maurice Tivey (Dept. Chair, Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution).

Sponsors: WHOI, ChEss, InterRidge

Contact:
Stace Beaulieu, InterRidge Coordinator (coordinator@interridge.org)
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Meetings are also posted on the IR website (http://www.interridge.org/events).
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3. Jobs and Fellowships

Two new jobs have been posted to the "interridge-classifieds" mailing list and our website (http://www.interridge.org/jobs):

- Director of Communications - International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (Sweden)
- 2009 Postdoctoral Scholar Program - Scripps Institution of Oceanography (USA)
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http://mailman.whoi.edu/mailman/listinfo/interridge-classifieds
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4. Other

- USA: Marianas Trench Marine National Monument

On Jan. 5, 2009, USA President Bush designated three new marine national monuments in the Pacific Ocean, the largest of which surrounds the Northern Mariana Islands and includes the Mariana Trench and a number of submarine volcanoes and hydrothermal vents. The Marianas Trench Marine National Monument includes sites on the InterRidge Global Hydrothermal Vents Database such as Champagne Vent at NW Eifuku Seamount, the Sulfur Cauldron at Daikoku Seamount, and Maug Caldera.
Link to the Proclamation for "Establishment of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument": http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2009/01/20090106-2.html

For more information on the IR website: http://www.interridge.org/node/5695
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