Advances in Earth Science ›› 2016, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (4): 422-427. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2016.04.0422.

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Inspirations from IODP Expedition 361

Hucai Zhang( )   

  1. Key Laboratory of Plateau Lake Ecology and Global Change, School of Tourism and Physical Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China
  • Received:2016-03-01 Revised:2016-04-01 Online:2016-04-20 Published:2016-04-10
  • About author:

    First author:Zhang Hucai(1962-),male,Fengxiang County,Shannxi Province, Professor. Research areas include lake sediments and environmental changes.E-mail:zhanghc@niglas.ac.cn.

  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the Yunnan Provincial Government Leading Scientist Program “Lake evolution and water security in Yunnan Plateau”(No.2015HA024);Chinese IODP Office

Hucai Zhang. Inspirations from IODP Expedition 361[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2016, 31(4): 422-427.

International Ocean Discovery Program, or present IODP that has been evolved from the early Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP), Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) and Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) is one of the international ocean drilling and exploration programs originated from USA. IODP 361 cruse supported by JOIDES Resolution is characterized of high maneuverability, high tectonic integrity, high comprehensive disciplinary, information aggregation, international researcher gathering, global study targeting, quantity study production, isolated close working environments and huge investment, which is one of the most important international cooperation platforms of the geosciences, especially global changes. It is also one of the super powerful engines not only guiding but also pushing the study on global change via exploring the records of ocean evolution, and also the fountainhead to understand the processes and mechanism of the global changes. As one the main members of the IODP, China is not only participating the activities and scientific researches of IODP, but also needs to improve the capabilities to monitor the ocean and establish our own facilities, laboratories and research centers. These are not only very important for the global research and the future development, but also crucial for the preservation of the ocean environment. Leaning and mastering mature operation models from the JOIDES Resolution, using the experience of IODP management for reference may benefit our research work and yield twice the result with half the effort.

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