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CHIKYU MAIL NEWS Vol. 94, February 21st 2008

This mail news service provides you with information
about the Deep Sea Drilling Vessel "Chikyu" and
science and technology for the IODP Earth exploration.

CHIKYU HAKKEN WEB SITE
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/chikyu/
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[Distinguished Lecture Series] IODP DRILLS start!
http://www.iodp.org/drills 
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The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) announces
the launch of its inaugural lecture series: IODP DRILLS,
the Distinguished Researcher & International Leadership
Lecture Series. IODP DRILLS is the topical scientific lecture
series to feature prominent, internationally known scientists
describing scientific results derived from samples retrieved
from beneath the ocean floor. DRILLS will actively engage
future generations of scientists in ocean drilling, while highlighting
scientific ocean drilling's major accomplishments to the scientific
community and beyond.
Each DRILLS lecturer will address a primary IODP theme:
* Deep biosphere and subseafloor ocean;
* Environmental change, processes, and effects;
* Solid earth cycles and geodynamics

<DRILLS SPEAKERS>
Bo Barker Jorgensen, Ph.D.,
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany,
will tour North America (USA) and present:
"The Deep Subseafloor Biosphere:
Discovering the Largest Living Community on Earth"

Yoshiyuki Tatsumi, Ph.D.,
Institute for Research on Earth Evolution, (IFREE),
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology,
will tour Europe (France, Portugal, Germany, Italy, Ireland, UK
and Sweden) and present:
"Drilling into the Memory of Earth"

Ted Moore, Ph.D.,
University of Michigan, U.S.A.,
will tour Pacific Rim countries (Brazil, Japan, Australia and Korea)
and present:
"The Warm Earth We Know"

In Japan, following lecture are scheduled
> March 1-2, Hokkaido University
> March 4, Kyushu University
> March 6, University of Tokyo
> March 9-10, Kyoto University

For details of DRILLS in Japan, please contact J-DESC office;
Advanced Earth Science & Technology Organization (AESTO)
Scientific Drilling Department
3173-25, Showa-machi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa,
236-0001, Japan
Tel: +81-45-770-5357 Fax: +81-45-770-5360
E-mail: aesto-iodp@aesto.or.jp
Web: http://www.j-desc.org

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The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) is an
international marine research drilling program dedicated
to advancing scientific understanding of the Earth by
monitoring and sampling sub seafloor environments.
IODP drilling operations aboard the Chikyu are managed by
JAMSTEC through CDEX, Japan Implementing Organization.
http://www.iodp.org

"CHIKYU HAKKEN" means Discover the Earth in Japanese.
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