Call for Early Career Scientists: Sail on the R/V Langseth

The R/V Langseth will collect high-resolution 3D multichannel seismic data across IODP Expedition 313 drillsites on the New Jersey shelf July 1 – August 4, 2014. The ship will leave from and return to New York harbor. There is berth space and travel support for 6 advanced graduate students and post-doctoral researchers to participate. Responsibilities will include standing an underway watch and helping deploy and retrieve seismic gear. Benefits will include hands-on experience acquiring and monitoring 3D marine seismic data and on-board instruction from the project investigators leading the cruise. Data processing will be done commercially and released to public access within six months following the cruise. No stipend will be provided.

A cruise synopsis is available at: http://www.geoprisms.nineplanetsllc.com/component/content/article/2-uncategorised/517-langseth3d-2014.html

If you are interested in sailing, please send a CV and a statement of up to 500 words describing why you want to participate to each of the four principal investigators (email subject: Langseth3D):
Gregory Mountain (Rutgers University; gmtn@rci.rutgers.edu)
Mladen Nedimovic (Dalhousie University; mladen@dal.ca)
Craig Fulthorpe (University of Texas at Austin; craig@utig.ig.utexas.edu)
and James A. Austin, Jr. (University of Texas at Austin; austinja@austin.utexas.edu)

The deadline to apply is May 15, 2014