The InterRidge Steering Committee is calling for contribution/participation to the Third InterRidge Theoretical Institute on “Magmatic and Tectonic Processes and Seabed Resources at Mid-Ocean Ridges” which will be organized by InterRidge Office to take place in Hangzhou, China on September 25-27, 2015. The theoretical institute will focus on the first two themes of “the InterRidge Third Decadal Plan” (www.interridge.org) and the following co-conveners will lead the scientific programs of the theoretical institute.

Theme One: Magmatic and Tectonic Processes

Dear all who are interested in Hard Rock drilling into the ocean floor,

We would like to announce a Pre-AGU workshop on Hard Rock drilling by CHIKYU from 1 PM to 5:30 PM on December 14th in San Francisco. 

The main goals of the workshop are (1) to share information about the current and/or future proposals and related concerns using CHIKYU and (2) to discuss pre proposal on the western Pacific outer rise to be submitted to the IODP in Spring 2015

A forthcoming 27 day French-New Zealand research cruise is scheduled on l'Atalante for mid-2015. The cruise is called VESPA (Volcanic Evolution of South Pacific Arcs). It is a 27 day cruise, that will start and finish in Noumea, New Caledonia, sometime in the window 15 May-16 June 2015.

On 11 September 2014, a Chinese delegation headed by Mr.

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The 2014 InterRidge Steering Committee meeting is going to be held in Beijing on September 27-28, 2014. We are asking the National Correspondence and workgroup leaders to submit the annual update. If there is any question you would like to be discussed on the meeting, please write to interridge@gmail.com.

Session ID# 2506: Crustal Accretion Processes at Intermediate to  Fast-Spreading Ridges: New Advances from Seaf

For your interest, please find link to a paper published yesterday in Science Policy Forum, entitled “A Call for De

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The chinese translation of the third decade plan is published online. 

http://www.interridge.org/files/interridge/Third_Decade_Plan_Chinese_1.pdf

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