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style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Call for Participation –
PacificArray OBS Recovery Cruise (May-June 2019)<br>
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<b>Application Deadline: Feb 11, 2019</b></span></p>
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June 7, 2019 (flexibility of ±5 days required)<br>
PIs: Jim Gaherty, Zach Eilon, Don Forsyth, Göran Ekström<br>
Science Party: up to 6</b><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"><br>
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We are soliciting apply-to-sail participants for the RV Kilo
Moana ocean-bottom seismograph (OBS) recovery cruise, part of
the international PacificArray initiative to install OBS arrays
across the Pacific plate. We will recover 30 broadband OBS
deployed in spring 2018 in a region approximately 500 km NE of
the Marquesas Islands in the central Pacific, notable for
unexplained gravity lineations that hint at small-scale
sub-lithospheric convection. More information about this project
can be found online: (<a
href="https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1658491&HistoricalAwards=false"
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style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="color: blue;">https://www.nsf.gov/<wbr>awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=<wbr>1658491&HistoricalAwards=false</span></a><wbr>).</span></p>
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10.5pt;">Science party responsibilities will include rotating
8-hour watches to assist in recovery of the 30 OBS, collect and
archive multi-beam bathymetry and side-scan data, as well as
crewing on board oceanographic instrumentation. Cruise
activities will include reading and discussion of papers
pertinent to the science goals of the experiment. The project
blog from the deployment cruise provides a perspective on these
activities: (<a href="https://pacificorca.wordpress.com/"
target="_blank"
data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pacificorca.wordpress.com/&source=gmail&ust=1547571599016000&usg=AFQjCNFZak4lXIP9zOmwopsUJT_BAbgUew"
style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="color: blue;">https://pacificorca.<wbr>wordpress.com/</span></a>)<br>
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Selected applicants will contribute to collecting the
open-access data that will be provided to the scientific
community for use in addressing a wide spectrum of Earth Science
research targets, from marine geophysics to global
seismology. Applications from students and early-career
scientists are particularly encouraged. Applicants do not need
to have experience with the type of data collection they will
participate in; we hope that wide community participation in
these field campaigns will provide opportunities for scientists
to gain familiarity with a variety of data-collection
techniques. Funds for travel to/from port (Honolulu, HI) will be
provided for US-based researchers.<br>
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To apply, please assemble an application package (2-page CV and
1-page statement of interest and experience) and submit it
electronically to James Gaherty (<a
href="mailto:gaherty@ldeo.columbia.edu" target="_blank"
style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="color: blue;">gaherty@LDEO.columbia.edu</span></a>)
no later than February 11, 2019. Applications from graduate
students and post-docs require a letter of support from the
graduate advisor or supervisor. <br>
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Kasey Aderhold, Ph.D.
Project Associate | IRIS TA/OBSIP Management
202-407-7019 | <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kasey@iris.edu">kasey@iris.edu</a></pre>
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