ECOD White Paper

From ODP to IODP

Portugal joined ODP in 1998, with an official announcement of this decision by the Minister of Sciences and Technology at the time, Prof. Mariano Gago. Since this official participation started, we can say that the Portuguese Geoscientists have gained in all senses, from a position in the planning structure of the program, with the possibility of contributing to the making of decisions both in which respects the formulation of scientific hypothesis and the implementation of new projects, to the contribution in the evaluation of new scientific proposals and the possibility to participate in the ODP Legs as well as on the post Leg work. The participation on ODP Legs, in particular, gave to the Portuguese geoscientific community the possibility to get involved in multidisciplinary and international cooperation, fundamental for the advancement of science in any country.

Within the 5 years of participation, Portugal has been capable to exceed its participation coota, with the participation of two scientists and a Co-chief (extra coota), and many other colleagues have applied to participate in the last legs, although with no chance given the always present, high interest from all the other countries.

Susana Lebreiro a young Scientist view of her participation on ODP Leg 157:

Susana Lebreiro (on the right side) in action during ODP Leg 157,        describing a core at the same time ascolor scanning is being preformed.

My participation in the ODP Leg 157- Madeira Abyssal Plain and Gran Canaria, in 1994, was as a British scientist (at the time Portugal was not an ODP member and thus this enormous possibility was voided for the Portuguese researchers), invited by the British co-chief scientist, P.P.E. Weaver. I was then a final-year Portuguese, FCT supported, PhD-student at the University of Cambridge, England, working in deep sea environments and sediments, and in particular, turbidites emplaced in abyssal plains located in the Portuguese Margin, a common subject to this ODP Leg. I consider the experience aboard the Joides Resolution extraordinary in terms of putting together a group of scientists and technicians of different fields of knowledge, countries and universities. The Ocean Drilling Program is one of the great examples of real interdisciplinary research, because the group must work intensively and simultaneously to obtain and integrate in a limited period of time (two months cruise) enough results, allowing for the execution of the so-called ODP-Initial Reports, ready at the end of each Leg, before departure from the ship. The ship is equipped with some of the best equipment used in many fields of the marine sciences, being for me the first time I had contact with most of it. The boiling scientific atmosphere, and new friendship, created among participants remained after the cruise years long, with relevant collaborative publications.

In my case, my participation in ODP Leg 157 gave me also the opportunity to extend my stay in the United Kingdom, involved in a 2-years posdoctoral research project, working with P.P.E. Weaver and other participants of Leg 157, in 3 sediment cores collected during the cruise, beneffiting from the scientific quality of the Southampton Oceanography Center, a European leading center for marine sciences.

The ODProgram is a top reference for the marine geological community and a unique scientific experience that the Portuguese scientists should have the opportunity to share with their international colleagues to have a say within the international community.

My participation in ODP Leg 157 and subsequent work done at SOC represented an important contribution to my scientific career in general, with latter application to my present-day professional life in the Dept of Marine Geology of the Institute of Geology and Mining in Portugal (1998 onwards).

European Consortium for Ocean Drilling (ECOD) Participation Statistics 1986 - 2003 - ECOD White Paper

1) Shipboard Participation:

i) Portuguese Scientists who Sailed from ECOD Countries (1998/2002):

Date/ Leg /Name /Specialty /Observations:
2000: 193 Fernando Barriga Co-chief scientist
2000: 193 Álvaro Pinto Sulfide Petrologist
2002: 202 Fátima Abrantes Paleontologist (diatoms)

ii) Portuguese Scientists who Sailed from non-ECOD Countries (before 1998):

Date/ Leg/ Name/ Specialty/ Observations:
1993: 149 Luís Pinheiro (Geophysicist) Portuguese Fellow in the UK
1994: 157 Susana Lebreiro (Sediimentologist) Portuguese Fellow in the UK

2) Portuguese Sample Requests:

3) Mission Specific Platform Proposals Presently Under Consideration:

Pre-proposals presented in the Aplacon Meeting - An International Conference aiming at integrating Alternate Platforms (Mission Specific Platforms as part of the IODP), 10-12 May/2001, Lisbon:

• Tagus Abyssal Plain: sediment transport through submarine canyons - S.M. Lebreiro, F. Abrantes, H. Monteiro, P.P.E. Weaver, N. Kenyon and I.N. McCave.

• Climate history of the Mediterranean Outflow contour currents - S.M. Lebreiro, F. Abrantes, H. Monteiro, A.H. Voelker, J. Schonfeld, T. Mulder, J.-C. Faugères and P.P.E. Weaver.

• Phosphate and Associated Sediments on the Western Iberian Margin: A record of ocean changes. - Monteiro H., Gaspar L. and Pais, J.

• Discovering the Hidden History of the Lucky Strike Hydrothermal Field-Understanding the Relationship between Hydrothermal Activity, Magmatic Evolution and Volcanic Style -Ferreira P., Murton B., Barriga P. Monteiro, H. Roberts, S., Boulter, C. Inverno, C., Munha J., Costa I., Pinto A., Cunha M.

4) Portuguese Participation in the ODP Planning Structure 1997 - 2003:

ECOD panel and working group membership
D=Delegate; A=Altemate (where applicable)

1997 - 2000
J. H. Monteiro ESCO (D)
F. Abrantes (A) (SSEPs) Science Steering Evaluation Panel (Earth's Environment)

2001 - 2003
F. Abrantes ESCO (D)
J. H. Monteiro EMCO (D)
L. M. Pinheiro (A) (SSEPs) Science Steering Evaluation Panel (Earth's Interior)

5) PhD Projects Based on ODP Related Material:

Sandra Vaqueiro Remigio - "Productivity variations off Portugal and Benguela Upwelling Systems over the last Two Climatic Cycles (300 - 0 kyr): A Diatom perspective".

Álvaro Pinto: Genesis of the Pacmanus (Leg 193) sulfides. Comparison with ancient massive sulfide deposits, especially in the Iberian Pyrite Belt.

6) Participation and Hosting of ODP Related Workshops and Meetings:

i) Participation and hosting of ODP related workshops and meetings:

May, 25 1993 - Lisbon Port call of the "Joides Resolution" at the end of Leg 149.
ODP Science Conference , organized by the Portuguese Geological Survey
ODP Leg 149: Testing a model of Passive Margin Formation in the Iberia Abyssal Plain. Presented by Dale Sawyer and Robert Withmarsh.

March, 7 - 8, 1996, ODP PPSP Pollution Prevention & Safety Panel Meeting, Organization and hosting by the Portuguese Geological Survey.

March , 6 - 8, 1997 - Organization and hosting of the 24th ESCO meeting by the Portuguese Geological Survey (SGP).

April 15 - 20, 1997 - JOIDES RESOLUTION PORT CALL in LISBON.

April 18, 1997: ODP Science Conference organized by SGP; ODP Leg 171B at Blake Nose, Florida: Prime evidence for large impact events at the Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary and the Late Eocene. By Jan Smit.

April 18, 1997 - ODP/ SGP/ ESF tribute to Mário Soares and Eugen Seibold (Lisbon); official announcement of the Portuguese decision to joint the ODP Program as part of the ESF consortium (ECOD).

April, 2001: Future of the IODP Program - Pavilhão do Conhecimento.

October 14-19, 2002 - Leg 193 Second Post Cruise Meeting. This meeting took place in Lisbon, Castro Verde and Aljustrel, with participation of 18 researchers from Australia, Germany, Japan, Papua New Guinea, South Corea, United Kingdom, USA and Portugal. The purpose of the meeting was reciprocal reporting on post-cruise research for ODP Leg 193, which took place from 7 Nov 2000 to 3 Jan 2001, in Papua New Guinea waters and was dedicated to study of the Pacmanus active hydrothermal field in a back-arc basin. The meeting was organized by the two Portuguese researchers that participated in the leg (Fernando Barriga, Co-Chief Scientist, Alvaro Pinto, Ore Petrologist). The meeting took place in Portugal by unanimous decision of the scientific participants, given favourable logistics and also to include technical visits to mines in southern Portugal (Neves Corvo and Aljustrel), geological analogues of the Pacmanus active system.

ii) Participation and hosting of JEODI related workshops and meetings:

May 10-12, 2001 - Organization and hosting of the APLACON meeting in Lisbon. - This International Conference aiming at integrating Alternate Platforms (Mission Specific Platforms as part of the IODP) was organized as part of the JEODI program, with local organization by J.H. Monteiro and F. Abrantes in colaboration with the ICCTI personnel. This meeting had the participation of more than 100 scientists from 25 countries and presentation of 50 pre-proposals for mission specific platforms.

7) Publications and Published Abstracts:

1993 - 1997

Whitmarsh R.B., Sawyer D. and the Leg 149 Scientific Party (L.M. Pinheiro), 1993, Upper Mantle Drilling in the Ocean-Continental Transition West of Iberia. Terra Nova, v.5 (4), p. 327-331.

ODP Leg 149 Scientific Party (L.M. Pinheiro), 1993, ODP Drills the West Iberia Rifted Margin. EOS, V.74, nº. 40.

Masson, D. G., Cartwright, J. A., Pinheiro, L. M., Whitmarsh, R. B., Beslier, M. O., and Roeser, H., 1994, Compressional deformation at the ocean-continent transition in the NE Atlantic: Journal of the Geological Society of London, v. 151, Part 4, p. 607-613.

Sawyer, D. S., Whitmarsh, R. B., Klaus, A., Beslier, M.-O., Collins, E. S., Comas, M. C., Cornen, G., de Kaenel, E., de Menezes Pinheiro, L., Gervais, E., Gibson, I. L., Harry, D. L., Hobart, M. A., Kanamatsu, T., Krawczyk, C. M., Liu, L., Lofts, J. C., Marsaglia, K. M., Meyers, P. A., Milkert, D., Milliken, K. L., Morgan, J. K., Ramirez, P., Seifert, K. E., Shaw, T., Wilson, C., Yin, C., and Zhao, X., 1994, Explanatory notes: Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program; initial reports; Iberia abyssal plain; covering Leg 149 of the cruises of the drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution, Balboa Harbor, Panama, to Lisbon, Portugal, sites 891-901, 10 March-25 May 1993, v. 149, p. 11-34.

H.U. Schmincke, P.P.E.Weaver, J.Firth, et al. [...S.M. Lebreiro...], 1995, Gran Canaria and Madeira Abyssal Plain, Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., Ocean Drilling Program, College Station, Texas, USA. 157 pp.

B. Alibés, M. Canals, B. Alonso, S.M. Lebreiro and P.P.E.Weaver, 1996, Quantification of Neogene and Quaternary sediment input to the Madeira Abyssal Plain, Geogaceta, 20 (2) 394-397.

Pinheiro L.M., Wilson R.C.L., Pena dos Reis R., Whitmarsh R.B.W. and Ribeiro A. (1996). The Western Iberian Margin: a geophysical and geological overview. In Whitmarsh R.B., Daywer D., Klaus A. and Masson D.G. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Leg 149, Scientific Results Volume, p. 3-23.

J-L. Shneider, et al. [...S.M. Lebreiro], 1997, Du volcan au sédiment: la dynamique du talus volcanique sous-marin de Gran Canaria, Canaries (Atlantique oriental, Leg ODP 157), C.R.Acad.Sci.Paris, 324 série IIa Páginas, 891-898.

1998 - 2003

S.M. Lebreiro, P.P.E. Weaver and R.W. Howe, 1998, Sedimentation on the Madeira Abyssal Plain: the history of turbidite infill, Proc. Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Leg 157, 523-531.

S.M. Lebreiro and P.P.E. WEAVER, 1998, Post-cruise correction of core depth of MAP sites for general reference use, Proc. Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, College Station, Texas, USA, 157, 615.

P.P.E. Weaver, I. Jarvis, S.M. Lebreiro, B. Alibés, J. Baraza, R.W. Howe and R.G. Rothwell, 1998, Neogene turbidite sequence on the Madeira Abyssal Plain - basin filling and diagenesis in the deep ocean, Proc. Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results - Leg 157, 619-634.

Binns R, FJAS Barriga, J Baldauf, J Miller, 2000. Ocean Drilling Program Leg 193 Scientific Prospectus, Anatomy of a Felsic Volcanic-Hosted Hydrothermal System: Eastern Manus Back-Arc Basin. ODP Publication Services.
http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/prosp/193_prs/193toc.html#pdf

Binns, R. A., Barriga, F. J. A. S., Miller, D. J., Asada, R., Bach, W., Bartetzko, A. C. M., Benning, L. G., Bjerkgard, T., Christiansen, L. B., Elswick, E. R., Findlay, R., Iturrino, G. J., Kimura, H., Kulange, J. B., Lackschewitz, K. S., Lee, S.-M., Masta, A., Paulick, H., Pinto, A. M., Roberts, S., Scott, S. D., Vanko, D. A., Warden, I., Yeats, C. J., Scroggs, J. M., and Sherar, K. R., 2001, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, initial reports; anatomy of an active felsic-hosted hydrothermal system, eastern Manus Basin; covering Leg 193 of the cruises of the Drilling Vessel JOIDES Resolution; Apra Harbor, Guam, to Townsville, Australia; sites 1188-1191, 7 November 2000-3 January 2001: Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Part A: Initial Reports, v. 193 http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/193_IR/193TOC.HTM, p. (variously paginated).

Barriga FJAS, JMRS Relvas, AMM Pinto, IMA Costa, IMR Costa, RLP Costa, ASA Dias, PIST Conceição, AFA Marques, 2001. Iberian Massive Sulphide Deposits: The Future of Successful Active Hydrothermal Fields. Proceedings of GEODE Workshop, Aracena (Spain), Oct. 2001, GEODE-Univ. of Huelva.

Barriga FJAS, RA Binns, JA Miller, Shipboard Scientific Party, 2001. Hydrothermal Corrosion: A Major Pre-Ore Forming Process Documented by ODP Leg 193 (PACMANUS, Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea). AGU Fall Meeting 2001, Eos, Transactions 82(47):F587

Binns RA, FJAS Barriga, JA Miller, Shipboard Scientific Party, 2001. The Third Dimension of an Active Back-arc Hydrothermal System: ODP Leg 193 at PACMANUS. AGU Fall Meeting 2001, Eos, Transactions 82(47):F587

Shipboard Scientific Party, 2001. Leg 193 Preliminary Report: Anatomy of an Active Felsic-Hosted Hydrothermal System, Eastern Manus Basin. ODP Prelim. Rpt., 193.

Barriga FJAS, ASCMA Dias, AFA Marques, IACosta, JMRS Relvas, AMM Pinto, IR Costa, RLP Costa, PIST Conceicao, Y Fouquet, 2002. Replacement processes in volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits: the key to giant orebodies. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Symposium The Changing Vision of Marine Minerals (invited presentation).

Barriga FJAS, R. Binns, DJ Miller and Shipboard Scientific Party, 2002. Treasure in the making under the sea floor. ODP Highlights - International Contributions to the ODP Program, pp 8-9. http://joiscience.org/GreatestHits2/pdfs/barriga.pdf (includes AMM Pinto)

Binns RA, FJAS Barriga, DJ Miller and the Leg 193 Scientific Party, 2002. Anatomy of an Active Hydrothermal System Hosted by Felsic Volcanic Rocks at a Convergent Plate Margin: ODP Leg 193. Joides Journal 28(2):2-7 http://joides.rsmas.miami.edu/files/jj_vol_28_2.pdf (includes AMM Pinto).

Binns R, Barriga FJAS, Miller DJ, et al., 2002. Anatomy of an Active Felsic-Hosted Hydrothermal System, Eastern Manus Basin. Proceedings Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Reports, Vol. 193 [84 page printed Leg 193 Summary + 1096 page CD-ROM]. Available from: Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77845-9547, USA, http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/193_IR/193ir.htm

J. S. Stoner , S. P. Lund and ODP Leg 202 Participants (F. Abrantes), 2002, Initial Shipboard Paleomagnetic Results From ODP SITE 1233, LEG 202: A New Window Into The Temporal Variability Of The Geomagnetic Field During The Late Quaternary. AGU Fall meeting Abstracts.

F. Lamy, ODP Leg 202 Shipboard Scientific Party (F. Abrantes), 2002, Sub-Milankovitch Variability In The Terrigenous Sediment Input To The Southern Chilean Continental Margin During The Last Glacial and Holocene (ODP SITE 1233). AGU Fall meeting Abstracts.

Jerome Kaiser, F. Lamy, D. Hebbeln, G. Wefer and ODP Leg 202 Shipboard Scientific Party (F. Abrantes), 2002, First results on alkenone paleotemperure reconstructions related to surface ocean changes in the southern peru-chile current during the last ~40,000 years (odp leg 202 - site 1233). AGU Fall meeting Abstracts.

Asada R, K Tazaki, H Kimura, A Masta, FJAS Barriga, J. Miller. Bacterial life style below the sea floor in an active hydrothermal vent field. Geomicrobiology Journal.

Asada R, K Tazaki, H Kimura, A Masta, FJAS Barriga, 2003. Transmission Electron Microscopic Observation of Drilling Microbiological Core Samples from a Deep Seafloor Hydrothermal Vent Field. Proc. International Symposium of the Kanazawa University 21st Century COE Program, p. 294-299.

Pinto AMM, FJAS Barriga, SD Scott, S Roberts, 2003. PACMANUS: The subsurface sulfide/oxide/gold mineralization. 7th Biennial SGA Meeting - Mineral Exploration and Sustainable Development - Athens 2003.

Lamy, F., ODP Leg 202 Shipboard Scientific Party (F. Abrantes), 2003, Sub-Milankovitch Variability In The Terrigenous Sediment Input To The Southern Chilean Continental Margin During The Last Glacial and Holocene (ODP SITE 1233). EUG-AGU-EGS Meeting - Nice.

Moreno A., I. Cacho, M. Canals and ODP Leg202 Shipboard Scientific Party (F. Abrantes), 2003, High-resolution oceanographic and atmospheric changes at the Plio-Pleistocene boundary in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean. EUG-AGU-EGS Meeting - Nice.

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