After a two-month expedition in the Gulf of Cadiz, the US research and drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution has arrived in the port of Lisbon on 17 January 2012. On this occasion the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) held a media conference and VIP events were organised by ECORD and IODP-Portugal in Lisbon at Centro Cultural de Macau on 18 January 2012.
During two days, 18 and 19 January, the USIO team and members of the Expedition scientific party (Co-chief Scientists Javier Hernandez-Molina and Dorrik Stow, Micropaleontologist Antje Voelker and Education Officer Helder Pereira welcomed about 600 visitors onboard the drillship >> read more
-
- Logo of Expedition 339
-
- Welcoming the media in the conference room onboard the vessel before the visit.
-
- Research vessel JOIDES Resolution arrives in Lisbon (photo Fernando Barriga).
-
- JOIDES Resolution moored at Alcantara dock in Lisbon, is seen from Belém at sunset
-
- Exp. 339 cores to be shipped to the Bremen Core Repository.
-
- Drillbits onboard the JOIDES Resolution
More photos taken during the scientific expedition
Media Conference
Earthquakes, Climate Change & Rivers of Sand: Six Million Years of Earth History uncovered in the Gulf of Cadiz
During the media conference the scientific leaders of the expedition, Prof. Dorrik Stow (Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh) and Dr. Francisco J. Hernández-Molina (University of Vigo) reported on their principal findings and important new discoveries. Prof. Fernando Barriga (University of Lisbon) outlined Portugal’s role and involvement in the IODP. Dr. Patricia Maruéjol (ECORD) provided information on Europe’s role within the IODP, which is one of the most ambitious geoscientific research programmes worldwide.
Dates and location of the Media Conference
Wednesday, 18 January 2012 at 11:30
Centro Cientifico e Cultural de Macau (CCCM)
Rua da Junqueira, nº30
1300-343 Lisboa, Portugal
Documents/Information
Media release (18 January 2012):
>> In an Underwater River of Sand and Mud off the Iberian Coast, Six Million Years of Earth History – English version (doc)
>> Seis milhões de anos da História da Terra num rio de areia e lama subaquático – Portuguese version (doc)
>> Un río submarino de arena y fango en el margen Ibérico Atlántico: seis millones de años de historia de la Tierra – Spanish version (doc)
Meet the speakers:
 |
Albert Gerdes (Moderator) ECORD Media Relations Marum, University of Bremen |
 |
Prof. Javier Hernandez Molina Co-chief Scientist of IODP Expedition 339 University of Vigo, Spain now at the Royal Holloway, Univ. London |
 |
Prof. Dorrik Stow Co-chief Scientist of IODP Expedition 339 Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK |
 |
Prof. Fernando Barriga ECORD Council Delegate for Portugal University of Lisbon, Portugal |
 |
Dr Patricia Maruéjol ECORD Outreach Co-ordinator ECORD Managing Agency |
Contact Media Conference
Albert Gerdes, ECORD Public Relations
MARUM – University of Bremen/Germany
Email: agerdes@marum.de
Phone: +49 421 218 65540
Mobile phone: +49 172 43 77 986
Background information
Expedition web page: Mediterranean Outflow IODP Expedition 339
Meet the JOIDES Resolution
Specifications of the drillship JOIDES Resolution
IODP Community Newsletters
ECORD Newsletter
US Core Discoveries Newsletter
IODP Community videos
Videos of IODP expeditions posted on Youtube – OceanDrilling’s channel
ECORD video
IODP Community links
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
US Implementation Organization
JOIDES Resolution
