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Oman Drilling Project

Scientific Drilling in the Samail Ophiolite, Sultanate of Oman
Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project

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Phase 1

Drilling

December 2016–March 2017

Core description

15 July–15 September 2017

Phase 2

Drilling

November 2017–February 2018

Core description

5 July–5 September 2018

Volume authorship

Kelemen, P.B.,
Matter, J.M.,
Teagle, D.A.H.,
Coggon, J.A.,
and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team

Published by International Ocean Discovery Program
Prepared by International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) and JOIDES Resolution Science Operator, Texas A&M University

Publisher’s notes

This publication was prepared and published by the JOIDES Resolution Science Operator of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) as an account of work performed under the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) Oman Drilling Project.

Cover photograph shows science party members receiving a core on deck at Oman Drilling Project Site BA3 (from left: Suzanne Picazo, Laura Crispini, Site Geologist Abdul Rasak Tharayil, Juan Carlos de Obeso, and Luca Notini). Photo credit: Jude Coggon.

Supplemental data were provided by the authors and may not conform to IODP publication formats.

Copyright

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Citations

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, 2020. Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/OmanDP.proc.2020

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, in press. Oman Drilling Project Phase 1 and 2 Summary. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program).

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, in press. Introduction to the Oman Drilling Project. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program).

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, 2020. Methods and explanatory notes. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/OmanDP.proc.103.2020

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, in press. Scientific drilling Phases 1 and 2. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program).

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, 2020. Introduction to Science Theme 1A: gabbro traverse. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/OmanDP.proc.105.2020

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, 2020. Site GT1: layered cumulate gabbros and deep fault zones. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/OmanDP.proc.106.2020

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, 2020. Site GT2: foliated to layered gabbro transition. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program).https://doi.org/10.14379/OmanDP.proc.107.2020

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, 2020. Site GT3: sheeted dike to gabbro transition. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program).https://doi.org/10.14379/OmanDP.proc.108.2020

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, 2021. Introduction to Science Theme 1B: crust–mantle traverse. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/OmanDP.proc.109.2020

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, 2021. Site CM1: layered gabbros, crustal ultramafic rocks, and mantle harzburgite. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/OmanDP.proc.110.2020

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, 2021. Site CM2: crust-mantle transition zone and into upper mantle. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/OmanDP.proc.111.2020

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, 2020. Introduction to Science Theme 2: fluid and mass exchange. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/OmanDP.proc.112.2020

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, 2020. Site BT1: fluid and mass exchange on a subduction zone plate boundary. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/OmanDP.proc.113.2020

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, 2021. Introduction to Science Theme 3: multi-borehole observatory. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/OmanDP.proc.114.2020

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, in 2021. Site BA1. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/OmanDP.proc.115.2020

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, 2021. Site BA2. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/OmanDP.proc.116.2020

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, 2020. Site BA3. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/OmanDP.proc.117.2020

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, 2020. Site BA4. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/OmanDP.proc.118.2020

Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., and the Oman Drilling Project Science Team, 2021. Microbiology. In Kelemen, P.B., Matter, J.M., Teagle, D.A.H., Coggon, J.A., et al., Proceedings of the Oman Drilling Project: College Station, TX (International Ocean Discovery Program). https://doi.org/10.14379/OmanDP.proc.119.2020

DOI

https://doi.org/10.14379/OmanDP.proc.2020


Oman Drilling Project collaborators

Project leadership

Jürg M. Matter

Project Director

Judith Coggon

Project Manager

Principal investigators

Peter B. Kelemen

Columbia University

Jürg M. Matter

University of Southampton

Damon A.H. Teagle

University of Southampton

Wolfgang Bach

University of Bremen

Georges Ceuleneer

French National Institute for Scientific Research (CNRS)

Gretchen Früh-Green

ETH Zurich

Marguerite Godard

Universit de Montpellier (CNRS)

Greg Hirth

Brown University

Benoit Ildefonse

Universit de Montpellier (CNRS)

Bjorn Jamtveit

University of Oslo

Frieder Klein

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Jürgen Koepke

Leibniz University Hannover

Christopher John MacLeod

Cardiff University

Craig E. Manning

University of California, Los Angeles

Katsuyoshi Michibayashi

Shizuoka University

Eiichi Takazawa

Niigata University

Susumu Umino

Kanazawa University

Funding agencies

International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP)

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation--Deep Carbon Observatory

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

US National Science Foundation

German Research Foundation

European Research Council

Swiss National Science Foundation

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

Operations and drilling

AZD Engineering Consultancy

Geo-Solutions Engineering Ltd.

Hamoud Al-Rashidi & Bros. Trading

Lalbuksh Voltas Engineering Services & Trading

Project partners

Columbia University, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, USA

University of Southampton, School of Ocean and Earth Science, UK

Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman

Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources (MRMWR), Sultanate of Oman

Public Authority for Mining, Sultanate of Oman

German University of Technology in Oman


Contents

Chapters

Introduction

1. Summary

2. Introduction to the Oman Drilling Project

3. Methods and explanatory notes
PDF Tables

4. Scientific drilling Phases 1 and 2

Science Theme 1A: gabbro traverse

5. Introduction to Science Theme 1A: gabbro traverse
PDF

6. Site GT1: layered cumulate gabbros and deep fault zones
PDF Tables Supplemental tables

7. Site GT2: foliated to layered gabbro transition
PDF Tables Supplemental tables

8. Site GT3: sheeted dike to gabbro transition
PDF Tables Supplemental tables

Science Theme 1B: Transition from lower ocean crust to upper mantle

9. Introduction to Science Theme 1B: crust–mantle traverse
PDF

10. Site CM1: layered gabbros, crustal ultramafic rocks, and mantle harzburgite
PDF Tables Supplemental tables Supplemental figures

11. Site CM2: crust-mantle transition zone and into upper mantle
PDF Tables Supplemental tables Supplemental figures

Science Theme 2: fluid and mass exchange

12. Introduction to Science Theme 2: fluid and mass exchange
PDF

13. Site BT1: fluid and mass exchange on a subduction zone plate boundary
PDF Tables Supplemental tables

Science Theme 3: multi-borehole observatory

14. Introduction to Science Theme 3: multi-borehole observatory
PDF Tables

15. Site BA1
PDF Tables Supplemental tables

16. Site BA2
PDF Table

17. Site BA3
PDF Tables Supplemental tables

18. Site BA4
PDF Tables Supplemental tables

19. Microbiology
PDF

Visual core descriptions

Graphic summary reports (VCD). Additional Supplementary material includes E_Tabulated VCD data, K1_On-site curation and description, and K2_On-site igneous unit summaries.

Site GT1 · Site GT2 · Site GT3

Site CM1 · Site CM2 · Site BT1

Site BA1 · Site BA3 · Site BA4

Images

Core table images (3.7 GB). Additional Supplementary material (below) includes C_Close-up photographs, D1_Whole thin section images, D2_Photomicrographs, D3_BSE images, G_XCT data, I1_Split core images, K4_On-site 360 DMT core scans, K5_On-site DMT box scans, and K6_On-site tablet photos.

Site GT1 · Site GT2 · Site GT3

Site CM1 · Site CM2 · Site BT1

Site BA1 · Site BA3 · Site BA4

Supplementary material

A_Visual core description (2.0 GB)

B_Thin_section_descriptions (70 MB)

C_Close-up_photographs (6.7 GB)

D1_Whole_thin_section_images (84.7 GB)

D2_Photomicrographs (6.8 GB)

D3_BSE images (BT1B) (33 GB)

E_Tabulated_VCD_data (51 MB)

F1_XRF_recalibration (1.1 MB)

F2_Core scanning XRF (1160 GB)

F2A_Core scanning XRF (BT1B) (143 MB)

F3_XRD_data (1 GB)

G_XCT data (0.7 GB)

H_Whole-round_MSCL_data (325 MB)

I_Split core images (56.9 GB)

J_Split-core_MSCL_data (400 MB)

K1_On-site curation and section unit descriptions (5 MB)

K2_On-site igneous unit summaries (1 MB)

K3_On-site core-section sketches (10 GB)

K4_On-site 360 DMT core scans (174 GB)

K4A_On-site 360 DMT compilations

K5_On-site DMT box scans (147 GB)

K6_On-site tablet photos (21.2 GB)

L_Wireline logging (5 GB)

M_Spectral imaging data

N_Drill_site_reports

Z_Virtual polarized thin sections (87.4 GB)


Oman Drilling Project science team

Phase 1

Onsite drilling team

Peter Kelemen

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Columbia University

USA

peterk@ldeo.columbia.edu

Jürg Matter

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

J.Matter@southampton.ac.uk

Damon Teagle

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

Damon.Teagle@southampton.ac.uk

Jude Coggon

Project Manager

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

jude.coggon@southampton.ac.uk

Juan Carlos de Obeso

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Columbia University

USA

deobeso@ldeo.columbia.edu

Michelle Harris

Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Plymouth University

United Kingdom

michelle.harris@plymouth.ac.uk

Emma Bennett

School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

Cardiff University

United Kingdom

bennette7@cardiff.ac.uk

Nico Bompard

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

N.Bompard@soton.ac.uk

Marine Boulanger

Department of Petrology

Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG)

France

marineb@crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr

Lyderic France

Department of Geosciences, CRPG-CNRS

Université de Lorraine

France

lyde@crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr

Gretchen Früh-Green

Department of Earth Sciences

ETH Zurich

Switzerland

frueh-green@erdw.ethz.ch

Dieter Garbe-Schönberg

Institute of Geosciences

Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel

Germany

dgs@gpi.uni-kiel.de

Benoit Ildefonse

Department of Géosciences, CNRS

Université de Montpellier

France

benoit.ildefonse@umontpellier.fr

Ana Jesus

Department of Applied Geosciences

German University of Technology in Oman

Oman

ana.jesus@gutech.edu.om

Jürgen Koepke

Institut fuer Mineralogie

Leibniz University Hannover

Germany

koepke@mineralogie.uni-hannover.de

Louise Koornneef

Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Plymouth University

United Kingdom

louise.koornneef@plymouth.ac.uk

Romain Lafay

Institute of Earth Sciences

University of Lausanne

Switzerland

romain.lafay@unil.ch

Johan Lissenberg

School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

Cardiff University

United Kingdom

LissenbergCJ@Cardiff.ac.uk

Chris MacLeod

School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

Cardiff University

United Kingdom

macleod@cardiff.ac.uk

Craig Manning

Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences

University of California, Los Angeles

USA

manning@epss.ucla.edu

Dominik Mock

Institute for Mineralogy

Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany

dom.mock@web.de

Tony Morris

Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Plymouth University

United Kingdom

amorris@plymouth.ac.uk

Samuel Müller

Institute of Geosciences

Kiel University

Germany

mail.sam@gmx.net

Julie Noël

Department of Geosciences

Université de Montpellier

France

Julie.Noel@gm.univ-montp2.fr

Daniel Nothaft

Department of Geological Sciences

University of Colorado

USA

daniel.nothaft@colorado.edu

Americus Perez

Department of Earth Sciences

Kanazawa University

Japan

adperez@stu.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Philippe Pezard

Department of Geosciences, CNRS

Université de Montpellier

France

ppezard@gulliver.fr

Nehal Warsi

Drilling Consultant

AZD Engineering

Oman

nhwarsi@gmail.com

David Zeko

Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

University of British Columbia

Canada

dzeko@eoas.ubc.ca

Barbara Zihlmann

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

barbara.zihlmann@soton.ac.uk

Onsite wireline logging team

Jürg M. Matter

Project Director

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

J.Matter@southampton.ac.uk

Philippe A. Pezard

Geoscience Montpellier, CNRS

University of Montpellier

France

Philippe.Pezard@GM.Uni-Montp2.Fr

Mohamed-Amine Bechkit

Houari Boumedienne University

Algiers, Algeria

Mohamed-Amine.Bechkit@hotmail.fr

Laurent Brun

Geoscience Montpellier, CNRS

University of Montpellier

France

laurent.brun@umontpellier.fr

Bernard Célérier

Geoscience Montpellier, CNRS

University of Montpellier

France

Bernard.Celerier@gm.univ-montp2.fr

Gilles Henry

Geoscience Montpellier, CNRS

University of Montpellier

France

Gilles.henry@gm.univ-montp2.fr

Jehanne Paris

Geoscience Montpellier, CNRS

University of Montpellier

France

Jehanne.paris@hotmail.fr

Gérard Lods

Geoscience Montpellier, CNRS

University of Montpellier

France

Gerard.Lods@gm.univ-montp2.fr

Pascal Robert

GeoRessources

Université de Lorraine, Nancy

France

pascal.robert@univ-lorraine.fr

Salim Al Amri

Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources

Sultanate of Oman

Salimalamri1988@gmail.com

Mohsin Al Shukaili

Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resource

Sultanate of Oman

alshukailimohsin@gmail.com

Ali Al Qassabi

Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources

Sultanate of Oman

alimq7@gmail.com

Kyaw Moe

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

Institute for Marine-Earth Exploration and Engineering

Japan

moe@jamstec.go.jp

Yasu Yamada

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

Institute for Marine-Earth Exploration and Engineering

yyamada@jamstec.go.jp

ChikyuOman 2017 description team

Peter Kelemen

Co-Chief Scientist

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Columbia University

USA

peterk@ldeo.columbia.edu

Damon Teagle

Co-Chief Scientist

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

Damon.Teagle@southampton.ac.uk

Eiichi Takazawa

Co-Chief Scientist

Department of Geology

Niigata University

Japan

takazawa@geo.sc.niigata-u.ac.jp

Katsuyoshi Michibayashi

Co-Chief Scientist

Institute of Geosciences

Shizuoka University

Japan

michibayashi@shizuoka.ac.jp

Michelle Harris

Alteration Lead/Staff Scientist/Co-Chief Scientist

Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Plymouth University

United Kingdom

michelle.harris@plymouth.ac.uk

Jude Coggon

Oman Staff Scientist

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

jude.coggon@southampton.ac.uk

Juan Carlos de Obeso

Oman Staff Scientist/Alteration

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Columbia University

USA

deobeso@ldeo.columbia.edu

Natsue Abe

Physical Properties

R&D Center for Ocean Drilling Science

JAMSTEC

Japan

abenatsu@jamstec.go.jp

Tetsu Akitou

Alteration Petrologist

Department of Earth Sciences

Okayama University

Japan

nozaka@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp

Salim Ahmed AlShahri

Omani Trainee

Geological Survey and Research

Public Authority for Mining

Oman

s.alshahri1@gmail.com

Hamood Hamed Shames Al-Siyabi

Omani Trainee

Surface and Groundwater Assessment

MRMWR

Oman

Aomani120@yahoo.com

Saif Masoud Alhumaimi

Omani Trainee

Geological Survey

Public Authority for Mining

Oman

saif.m@pam.gov.om

Maqbool Hussein AlRawahi

Omani Trainee

Surface and Groundwater Assessment

MRMWR

Oman

maqbool.h@mrmwr.gov.om

Musaab Shaker Al Sarmi

Omani Trainee

Earth Science Department

Sultan Qaboos University

Oman

musaabs@squ.edu.om

Bader Hamed Alwaeli

Omani Trainee

Earth Science Department

Sultan Qaboos University

Oman

baderw@squ.edu.om

Andreas Beinlich

Alteration Petrologist

Department of Applied Geology

Curtin University

Australia

andreas.beinlich@curtin.edu.au

Emma Bennett

Geochemistry

School of Earth and Ocean Science

Cardiff University

United Kingdom

bennette7@cardiff.ac.uk

Marine Boulanger

Igneous Petrologist

Department of Petrology, CRPG-CNRS

Université de Lorraine

France

marineb@crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr

Elliot Carter

Geochemistry

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

University of Manchester

United Kingdom

elliot.carter@manchester.ac.uk

Mike Cheadle

Structural Geologist

Department of Geology and Geophysics

University of Wyoming

USA

cheadle@uwyo.edu

Mark Cloos

Structural Geologist

Department of Geological Sciences

University of Texas at Austin

USA

cloos@jsg.utexas.edu

Matthew Cooper

Geochemistry

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

mjco@noc.soton.ac.uk

Laura Crispini

Structural Geologist

Scienze della Terra dell’Ambiente e della Vita

University of Genova

Italy

laura.crispini@unige.it

Joëlle D’Andres (was Ducommun)

Alteration Petrologist

Research School of Earth Sciences

Australian National University

Australia

joelle.ducommun@anu.edu.au

Luke Deamer

Structural Geologist

Department of Geology

Cardiff University

United Kingdom

deamerl@cardiff.ac.uk

Jeremy Deans

Structural Geologist

Department of Geography and Geology

University of Southern Mississippi

USA

jeremy.deans@usm.edu

Kathi Faak

Igneous Petrologist

Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics

Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum

Germany

Kathrin.Faak@rub.de

Marguerite Godard

Geochemistry

Department of Géosciences, CNRS

Université de Montpellier

France

Marguerite.Godard@umontpellier.fr

Rebecca Greenberger

Infrared Spectrometry

Department of Geological and Planetary Sciences

California Institute of Technology

USA

rgreenbe@caltech.edu

Yumiko Harigane

Structural Geologist

Research Institute of Geology and Geoinformation

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Japan

y-harigane@aist.go.jp

Kohei Hatakeyama

Physical Properties

Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science

Hiroshima University

Japan

kohei-hatakeyama@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Andrew Horst

Paleomagnetist

Department of Geology

Marshall University

USA

horsta@marshall.edu

Takashi Hoshide

Igneous Petrologist

Graduate School of International Resource Sciences

Akita University

Japan

hoshide@gipc.akita-u.ac.jp

Benoit Ildefonse

Physical Properties

Department of Géosciences, CNRS

Université de Montpellier

France

benoit.ildefonse@umontpellier.fr

Keisuke Ishii

Igneous Petrologist

Graduate school of Science and Technology

Niigata University

Japan

f17e061a@mail.cc.niigata-u.ac.jp

Ana Jesus

Igneous Petrologist

Department of Applied Geoscience

German University of Technology in Oman

Oman

ana.jesus@gutech.edu.om

Kevin Johnson

Igneous Petrologist

Department of Geology and Geophysics

University of Hawaii

USA

kjohnso2@hawaii.edu

Michael Kettermann

Structural Geologist

Structural Geology, Tectonics and Geomechanics

Aachen University

Germany

michael.kettermann@emr.rwth-aachen.de

Hogyum Kim

Paleomagnetism

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Seoul National University

Republic of Korea

kamhokam@snu.ac.kr

Jürgen Koepke

Igneous Petrologist

Institut fuer Mineralogie

Leibniz University Hannover

Germany

koepke@mineralogie.uni-hannover.de

Kentaro Kondo

Igneous Petrologist

Graduate School of International Resource Sciences

Akita University

Japan

kentarokondo21@gmail.com

Louise Koornneef

Paleomagnetist

Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Plymouth University

United Kingdom

louise.koornneef@plymouth.ac.uk

Alissa Kotowski

Structural Geologist

Jackson School of Geosciences

University of Texas at Austin

USA

kotowski@utexas.edu

Fatna Kourim

Geochemistry

Earth Science Institute

Academia Sinica

Taiwan

k.fatna@gmail.com

Yuki Kusano

Igneous Petrologist

Geological Survey of Japan

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Japan

y.kusano@aist.go.jp

Romain Lafay

Alteration Petrologist

Institute of Earth Sciences

University of Lausanne

Switzerland

romain.lafay@unil.ch

James Andrew Leong

Alteration Petrologist

School of Earth and Space Exploration

Arizona State University

USA

jmleong@asu.edu

Chris MacLeod

Structural Geologist

School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

Cardiff University

United Kingdom

macleod@cardiff.ac.uk

Craig Manning

Alteration Petrologist

Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences

University of California, Los Angeles

USA

manning@epss.ucla.edu

Catriona Menzies

Geochemist

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

c.menzies@soton.ac.uk

Dominik Mock

Alteration Petrologist

Institute for Mineralogy

Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany

dom.mock@web.de

Tomoaki Morishita

Igneous Petrologist

Earth Science Course

Kanazawa University

Japan

moripta@gmail.com

Tony Morris

Paleomagnetist

Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Plymouth University

United Kingdom

amorris@plymouth.ac.uk

Du Khac Nguyen

Igneous Petrologist

School of Natural System

Kanazawa University

Japan

nguyenkhacdu@humg.edu.vn

Toshio Nozaka

Alteration Petrologist

Department of Earth Sciences

Okayama University

Japan

nozaka@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp

Keishi Okazaki

Physical Properties

Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research

JAMSTEC

Japan

okazakik@jamstec.go.jp

Americus Perez

Geochemist

Department of Earth Sciences

Kanazawa University

Japan

adperez@stu.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Suzanne Picazo

Igneous Petrologist

Institute of Earth Sciences

University of Lausanne

Switzerland

suzanne.picazo@gmail.com

Ryoko Senda

Geochemist

Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies

Kyushu University

Japan

senda@scs.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Yamato Tateishi

Physical Properties

Department of Earth Sciences

Okayama University

Japan

nozaka@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp

Jessica Till

Paleomagnetist

Institute of Earth Sciences

University of Iceland

Iceland

jtill@hi.is

Susumu Umino

Igneous Petrologist

School of Natural Science and Technology

Kanazawa University

Japan

sesumin@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.j p

Janos Urai

Structural Geologist

Structural Geology Tectonics and Geomechanics

Aachen University

Germany

j.urai@ged.rwth-aachen.de

Yoichi Usui

Paleomagnetist

Deep Earth Structure and Dynamics Research

JAMSTEC

Japan

yoichi@jamstec.go.jp

David Zeko

Alteration Petrologist

Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

University of British Columbia

Canada

dzeko@eoas.ubc.ca

Barbara Zihlmann

Alteration Petrologist

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

barbara.zihlmann@soton.ac.uk

Phase 2

Onsite drilling team

Peter Kelemen

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Columbia University

USA

peterk@ldeo.columbia.edu

Jürg Matter

Project Director

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

J.Matter@southampton.ac.uk

Damon Teagle

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

Damon.Teagle@southampton.ac.uk

Jude Coggon

Project Manager

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

jude.coggon@southampton.ac.uk

Grace Andrews

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

Grace.Andrews@southampton.ac.uk

Claire Aupart

Geology Department

University of Oslo

Norway

c.o.m.aupart@geo.uio.no

Anne Line Auzende

Department of Mineralogy and Environments

Institut des Sciences de la Terre

France

anne-line.auzende@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

Wolfgang Bach

Geoscience Department

University of Bremen

Germany

wbach@uni-bremen.de

Harry Becker

Department of Geological Sciences

Freie Universitaet Berlin

Germany

hbecker@zedat.fu-berlin.de

Mathieu Benoit

Géosciences Environment Toulouse, CNRS

France

mathieu.benoit@get.omp.eu

Eric Boyd

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Montana State University

USA

eboyd@montana.edu

Dawn Cardace

Department of Geosciences

University of Rhode Island

USA

cardace@uri.edu

Georges Ceuleneer

Geosciences Environnement Toulouse, CNRS

France

georges.ceuleneer@get.obs-mip.fr

Sayantani Chatterjee

Department of Natural History Science

Hokkaido University

Japan

sayantani.chatterjee89@gmail.com

Benoit Cordonnier

Department of Geosciences

University of Oslo

Norway

cordonnier.benoit@gmail.com

Laura Crispini

Scienze della Terra Dell’Ambiente e della Vita

University of Genova

Italy

laura.crispini@unige.it

Juan Carlos de Obeso

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Columbia University

USA

deobeso@ldeo.columbia.edu

Nick Dygert

Jackson School of Geosciences

University of Texas at Austin

USA

nick.dygert@gmail.com

Eric Ellison

Department of Geological Sciences

University of Colorado - Boulder

USA

ellison.e@gmail.com

Alireza Eslami

Department of Economic Geology

Tarbiat Modares University

Iran

alirezaesl@live.com

Aled Evans

School of Ocean and Earth Sciences

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

A.Evans@soton.ac.uk

Elizabeth Fones

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Montana State University

USA

foneselizabeth@gmail.com

Gretchen Früh-Green

Department of Earth Sciences

ETH Zurich

Switzerland

frueh-green@erdw.ethz.ch

Emmanouil Giampouras

Petrology-Geochemistry-Geochronology

Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences

Spain

e.giampouras@csic.es

Clemens Glombitza

Exobiology Branch

NASA Ames Research Center

USA

clemens.glombitza@nasa.gov

Marguerite Godard

Department of Géosciences, CNRS

Université de Montpellier

France

Marguerite.Godard@umontpellier.fr

Juan Miguel Guotana

Division of Natural System

Kanazawa University

Japan

jmguotana@stu.kanazawa-u-ac.jp

Kohei Hatakeyama

Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science

Hiroshima University

Japan

kohei-hatakeyama@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Tanja Hörner

ICDP Operational Support Group

German Research Centre for Geosciences - GFZ

Germany

thoerner@gfz-potsdam.de

Keisuke Ishii

Graduate School of Science and Technology

Niigata University

Japan

f17e061a@mail.cc.niigata-u.ac.jp

Bjørn Jamtveit

Physics of Geological Processes

University of Oslo

Norway

bjorn.jamtveit@geo.uio.no

Max Jansen

School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

Cardiff University

United Kingdom

maxipede@yahoo.com

David Jousselin

Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques

Université de Lorraine

France

jousse@crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr

Delphine Klaessens

Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques

Université de Lorraine

France

dklaesse@crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr

Jürgen Koepke

Institut fuer Mineralogie

Leibniz University Hannover

Germany

koepke@mineralogie.uni-hannover.de

Fatna Kourim

Earth Science Institute

Academia Sinica

Taiwan

k.fatna@gmail.com

Emily Kraus

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Colorado School of Mines

USA

ekraus@mymail.mines.edu

Marvin Lilley

Department of Oceanography

University of Washington

USA

lilley@uw.edu

Elisabetta Mariani

Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences

University of Liverpool

United Kingdom

mariani@liverpool.ac.uk

Katsuyoshi Michibayashi

Institute of Geosciences

Shizuoka University

Japan

michibayashi@shizuoka.ac.jp

Kyaw Moe

Rotary site

R&D Center for Ocean Drilling Science

JAMSTEC

Japan

moe@jamstec.go.jp

Daisuke Morii

Department of Geosciences

Shizuoka University

Japan

morii.daisuke.15@shizuoka.ac.jp

Tomoaki Morishita

Earth Science Cource

Kanazawa University

Japan

moripta@gmail.com

Julie Noël

Department of Geosciences

Université de Montpellier

France

Julie.Noel@gm.univ-montp2.fr

Daniel Nothaft

Department of Geological Sciences

University of Colorado

USA

daniel.nothaft@colorado.edu

Luca Notini

Scienze della Terra dell’Ambiente e della Vita

University of Genova

Italy

luknot@hotmail.it

Keishi Okazaki

Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research

JAMSTEC

Japan

okazakik@jamstec.go.jp

Betchaida Payot

National Institute of Geological Sciences

University of the Philippines

Philippines

bdpayot@gmail.com

Philippe Pezard

Department of Geosciences, CNRS

Université de Montpellier

France

ppezard@gulliver.fr

Suzanne Picazo

Institute of Earth Sciences

University of Lausanne

Switzerland

suzanne.picazo@gmail.com

Kalen Rasmussen

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Colorado School of Mines

USA

krasmuss@mines.edu

Laurie Reisberg

Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques

Université de Lorraine

France

reisberg@crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr

Kaitlin Rempfert

Department of Geological Sciences

University of Colorado at Boulder

USA

kaitlin.rempfert@colorado.edu

Mathieu Rospabé

Geosciences Environment Toulouse Laboratory

University of Toulouse

France

mathieu.rospabe@get.obs-mip.fr

Tomoki Sato

R&D Center for Ocean Drilling Science

JAMSTEC

Japan

t-sato@jamstec.go.jp

Ryoko Senda

Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies

Kyushu University

Japan

senda@scs.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Alexander Sousa

Department of Geoscience

University of Rhode Island

USA

alexander_sousa@uri.edu

John Spear

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Colorado School of Mines

USA

jspear@mines.edu

Eiichi Takazawa

Department of Geology

Niigata University

Japan

takazawa@geo.sc.niigata-u.ac.jp

Yoshihiko Tamura

R&D Center for Ocean Drilling Science

JAMSTEC

Japan

tamuray@jamstec.go.jp

Alexis Templeton

Department of Geological Sciences

University of Colorado

USA

alexis.templeton@colorado.edu

Lotta Ternieten

Department of Earth Sciences

ETH Zurich

Switzerland

lotta.ternieten@erdw.ethz.ch

Ole Ivar Ulven

Department of Geosciences

University of Oslo

Norway

o.i.ulven@fys.uio.no

Nehal Warsi

Drilling Consultant

AZD Engineering

Oman

nhwarsi@gmail.com

Tiange Xing

Department of Geology

University of Maryland, College Park

USA

tiange@terpmail.umd.edu

Yuan Yao

Department of Geology

Niigata University

Japan

yuanyao1992@gmail.com

Wenlu Zhu

Department of Geology

University of Maryland

USA

wzhu@umd.edu

Onsite wireline logging team

Jürg M. Matter

Project Director

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

J.Matter@southampton.ac.uk

Philippe A. Pezard

Geoscience Montpellier, CNRS

University of Montpellier

France

Philippe.Pezard@GM.Uni-Montp2.Fr

Kyaw Moe

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

Institute for Marine-Earth Exploration and Engineering

Japan

moe@jamstec.go.jp

Yasu Yamada

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

Institute for Marine-Earth Exploration and Engineering

yyamada@jamstec.go.jp

Mohamed-Amine Bechkit

Houari Boumedienne University

Algiers, Algeria

Mohamed-Amine.Bechkit@hotmail.fr

Laurent Brun

Geoscience Montpellier, CNRS

University of Montpellier

France

laurent.brun@umontpellier.fr

Bernard Célérier

Geoscience Montpellier, CNRS

University of Montpellier

France

Bernard.Celerier@gm.univ-montp2.fr

Gilles Henry

Geoscience Montpellier, CNRS

University of Montpellier

France

Gilles.henry@gm.univ-montp2.fr

Jehanne Paris

Geoscience Montpellier, CNRS

University of Montpellier

France

Jehanne.paris@hotmail.fr

Gérard Lods

Geoscience Montpellier, CNRS

University of Montpellier

France

Gerard.Lods@gm.univ-montp2.fr

Salim Al Amri

Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources

Sultanate of Oman

Salimalamri1988@gmail.com

Mohsin Al Shukaili

Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources

Sultanate of Oman

alshukailimohsin@gmail.com

ChikyuOman 2018 description team

Peter Kelemen

Co-Chief Scientist

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Columbia University

USA

peterk@ldeo.columbia.edu

Jürg Matter

Geophysical Logs

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

J.Matter@southampton.ac.uk

Damon Teagle

Co-Chief Scientist

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

Damon.Teagle@southampton.ac.uk

Eiichi Takazawa

Co-Chief Scientist

Department of Geology

Niigata University

Japan

takazawa@geo.sc.niigata-u.ac.jp

Katsuyoshi Michibayashi

Co-Chief Scientist

Institute of Geosciences

Shizuoka University

Japan

michibayashi@shizuoka.ac.jp

Marguerite Godard

Co-Chief Scientist

Department of Géosciences, CNRS

Université de Montpellier

France

Marguerite.Godard@umontpellier.fr

Jude Coggon

Staff Scientist

School of Ocean and Earth Science

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

jude.coggon@southampton.ac.uk

Saebyul Choe

Staff Scientist

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

American Museum of Natural History

USA

schoe@amnh.org

Natsue Abe

Physical Properties Lead

R&D Center for Ocean Drilling Science

JAMSTEC

Japan

abenatsu@jamstec.go.jp

Yuya Akamatsu

Physical Properties

Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science

Hiroshima University

Japan

b145350@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Salim Al Amri

Omani Trainee

Department of Geophysics

MRMWR

Oman

salimalamri1988@gmail.com

Mohamed Al Busaidi

Omani Trainee

Department of Earth Science

Sultan Qaboos University

Oman

u113249@Student.squ.edu.om

Anwar Al-Hajri

Omani Trainee

Department of Applied Geoscience

German University of Technology in Oman

Oman

14-0110@student.gutech.edu.om

Majid Al Jabri

Omani Trainee

Water Resources

MRMWR

Oman

m.blkhadem@gamil.com

Mahmood Al-Sarmi

Omani Trainee

Earth Science Department

Sultan Qaboos University

Oman

musaabs@squ.edu.om

Said Almusharrafi

Omani Trainee

Geological Survey

Public Authority for Mining

Oman

said.m@pam.gov.om

Ibrahim AlSawafi

Omani Trainee

Geological Research and Heritage Department

Public Authority for Mining

Oman

ibrahim.alsawafi@pam.gov.om

Elena Amador-French

Infrared Spectrometry

Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences

California Institute of Technology

USA

esamador@caltech.edu

Joseph Aslin

Structural Geologist

Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences

University of Liverpool

United Kingdom

joeaslin@liverpool.ac.uk

Claire Aupart

Host Rock Petrologist

Geology Department

University of Oslo

Norway

c.o.m.aupart@geo.uio.no

Wolfgang Bach

Vein Petrologist Lead

Geoscience Department

University of Bremen

Germany

wbach@uni-bremen.de

Samuel Barbier

Structural Geologist

Department of Geology

Université Lyon 1

France

samuel.barbier@etu.univ-lyon1.fr

Valentin Basch

Structural Geologist

Scienze della Terra dell'Ambiante e della Vita

University of Genova

Italy

valentin.basch@gmail.com

Elliot Carter

Geochemist

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

University of Manchester

United Kingdom

elliot.carter@manchester.ac.uk

Sayantani Chatterjee

Geochemist

Department of Natural History Science

Hokkaido University

Japan

sayantani.chatterjee89@gmail.com

Mike Cheadle

Structural Geologist Lead

Department of Geology and Geophysics

University of Wyoming

USA

cheadle@uwyo.edu

Giuseppe Cocomazzi

Host Rock Petrologist

Department of Earth Science

University of Milan

Italy

giuseppe.cocomazzi@unimi.it

Benoit Cordonnier

Physical Properties

Department of Geosciences

University of Oslo

Norway

cordonnier.benoit@gmail.com

Laura Crispini

Structural Geologist Lead

Scienze della Terra dell’Ambiente e della Vita

University of Genova

Italy

laura.crispini@unige.it

Nick Dygert

Igneous Petrologist

Jackson School of Geosciences

University of Texas at Austin

USA

nick.dygert@gmail.com

Bethany Ehlmann

Infrared Spectrometry

Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences

California Institute of Technology

USA

bethanyehlmann@gmail.com

Alireza Eslami

Vein Petrologist

Department of Economic Geology

Tarbiat Modares University

Iran

alirezaesl@live.com

Aled Evans

Structural Geologist

School of Ocean and Earth Sciences

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

A.Evans@soton.ac.uk

Katy Evans

Host Rock Petrologist Lead

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Curtin University

Australia

k.evans@curtin.edu.au

Aida Farough

Vein Petrologist

Department of Geology

Kansas State University

USA

afarough@ksu.edu

Gretchen Früh-Green

Alteration Petrologist Lead

Department of Earth Sciences

ETH Zurich

Switzerland

frueh-green@erdw.ethz.ch

Emmanouil Giampouras

Geochemist

Petrology-Geochemistry-Geochronology

Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences

Spain

e.giampouras@csic.es

Marta Grabowska

Alteration Petrologist

Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

University of Plymouth

United Kingdom

marta.grabowska11@yahoo.com

Nadine Grambling

Igneous Petrologist

Department of Earth and Environmental Science

University of Tennessee - Knoxville

USA

ngrambli@vols.utk.edu

Rebecca Greenberger

Infrared Spectrometry

Department of Geological and Planetary Sciences

California Institute of Technology

USA

rgreenbe@caltech.edu

Annika Greve

Physical Properties

R&D Center for Ocean Drilling Science

JAMSTEC

Japan

annika.greve@jamstec.go.jp

Juan Miguel Guotana

Igneous Petrologist

Division of Natural System

Kanazawa University

Japan

jmguotana@stu.kanazawa-u-ac.jp

Morihisa Hamada

Vein Petrologist

R&D Center for Ocean Drilling Science

JAMSTEC

Japan

mhamada@jamstec.go.jp

Uli Harms

Host Rock Petrologist Lead

Department of Georesources

German Research Centre for Geosciences

Germany

ulrich@gfz-potsdam.de

Kohei Hatakeyama

Physical Properties

Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science

Hiroshima University

Japan

kohei-hatakeyama@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Greg Hirth

Structural Geologist

Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences

Brown University

USA

greg_hirth@brown.edu

Gilbert Hong

Physical Properties

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Seoul National University

Republic of Korea

hongfellow@snu.ac.kr

Tanja Hörner

ICDP Operational Support

German Research Centre for Geosciences

Germany

thoerner@gfz-potsdam.de

Yuji Ichiyama

Vein Petrologist

Department of Earth Science

Chiba University

Japan

ichiyamay@earth.s.chiba-u.ac.jp

Keisuke Ishii

Geochemist

Graduate School of Science and Technology

Niigata University

Japan

f17e061a@mail.cc.niigata-u.ac.jp

Bjørn Jamtveit

Structural Geologist Lead

Physics of Geological Processes

University of Oslo

Norway

bjorn.jamtveit@geo.uio.no

Max Jansen

Structural Geologist

School of Earth and Ocean Sciences

Cardiff University

United Kingdom

maxipede@yahoo.com

Kevin Johnson

Igneous Petrologist

Department of Geology and Geophysics

University of Hawaii

USA

kjohnso2@hawaii.edu

Mary-Alix Kaczmarek

Structural Geologist

Geosciences Environment Toulouse

University Paul Sabatier Toulouse III

France

mary-alix.kaczmarek@get.omp.eu

Wolf-Achim Kahl

Vein Petrologist

Department of Geosciences

University of Bremen

Germany

wakahl@uni-bremen.de

Yuki Kakihata

Structural Geologist

Department of Earth Science

Shizuoka University

Japan

kakihata.yuki.17@shizuoka.ac.jp

Ikuo Katayama

Physical Properties

Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science

Hiroshima University

Japan

katayama@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Kosuke Kimura

Alteration Petrologist

Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science

Hiroshima University

Japan

kimurakoske@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Delphine Klaessens

Geochemist

Recherches Pétrographieques et Géochimiques

Université de Lorraine

France

dklaesse@crpg.cnrs-nancy.fr

Frieder Klein

Alteration Petrologist

Department of Marine Chemistry and Geology

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

USA

fklein@whoi.edu

Jürgen Koepke

Igneous Lead

Institut fuer Mineralogie

Leibniz University Hannover

Germany

koepke@mineralogie.uni-hannover.de

Fatna Kourim

Geochemist Lead

Earth Science Institute

Academia Sinica

Taiwan

k.fatna@gmail.com

Kanchana Kularatne

Host Rock Petrologist

Department of Stable Isotope Geochemistry

Institut de physique du globe de Paris

France

kularatne@ipgp.fr

Kayla Leal

Paleomagnetist (onshore)

Department of Earth Sciences

University of California Santa Barbara

USA

kaylamleal@gmail.com

Benjamin Malvoisin

Vein Petrologist

Institut des Sciences de la Terre

Université de Lausanne

Switzerland

benjamin.malvoisin@unil.ch

Manuel Menzel

Structural Geologist

Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra

Spanish National Research Council

Spain

manuel.menzel@csic.es

Kyaw Moe

R&D Center for Ocean Drilling Science

JAMSTEC

Japan

moe@jamstec.go.jp

Tomoaki Morishita

Alteration Petrologist

Earth Science Course

Kanazawa University

Japan

moripta@gmail.com

Atsushi Okamoto

Alteration Petrologist

Graduate School of Environmental Studies

Tohoku University

Japan

okamoto@mail.kankyo.tohoku.ac.jp

Keishi Okazaki

Physical Properties

Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research

JAMSTEC

Japan

okazakik@jamstec.go.jp

Ryosuke Oyanagi

Alteration Petrologist

Department of Solid Earth Geochemistry

JAMSTEC

Japan

oyanagi0616@gmail.com

Gyuseung Park

Igneous Petrologist

School of Earth and Environment System

Seoul National University

Republic of Korea

gyudori@snu.ac.kr

Betchaida Payot

Igneous Petrologist

National Institute of Geological Sciences

University of the Philippines

Philippines

bdpayot@gmail.com

Philippe Pezard

Geophysical Logs

Department of Geosciences, CNRS

Université de Montpellier

France

ppezard@gulliver.fr

Marie Python

Igneous Petrologist

Department of Natural History Science

Hokkaido University

Japan

marie@sci.hokudai.ac.jp

Mathieu Rospabé

Geochemist

Geosciences Environment Toulouse Laboratory

University of Toulouse

France

mathieu.rospabe@get.obs-mip.fr

Ryoko Senda

Geochemist Lead

Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies

Kyushu University

Japan

senda@scs.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Alexander Sousa

Geochemist

Department of Geoscience

University of Rhode Island

USA

alexander_sousa@uri.edu

Akihiro Tamura

Alteration Petrologist

Department of Earth Sciences

Kanazawa University

Japan

aking826@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Lotta Ternieten

Host Rock Petrologist

Department of Earth Sciences

ETH Zurich

Switzerland

lotta.ternieten@erdw.ethz.ch

Jessica Till

Paleomagnetist (onshore)

Institute of Earth Sciences

University of Iceland

Iceland

jtill@hi.is

Benjamin Tutolo

Host Rock Petrologist

Department of Geoscience

University of Calgary

Canada

benjamin.tutolo@ucalgary.ca

Ole Ivar Ulven

Physical Properties

Department of Geosciences

University of Oslo

Norway

o.i.ulven@fys.uio.no

Gabriel Theophilus Valera

Host Rock Petrologist

National Institute of Geological Sciences

University of the Philippines

Philippines

gvvalera@up.edu.ph

Nehal Warsi

Alteration Petrologist

AZD Engineering

Oman

nhwarsi@gmail.com

Jon Zaloumis

Geochemist

School of Earth and Space Exploration

Arizona State University

USA

jzaloumis@gmail.com

Chang Zhang

Geochemist

State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution

Institute of Geology and Geophysics

China

zhangchang@mail.iggcas.ac.cn

Wenlu Zhu

Physical Properties Lead

Department of Geology

University of Maryland

USA

wzhu@umd.edu


Operational and technical support

Phase 1

Wireline diamond coring

Driller (GeoSolutions Engineering)

Shaikh Oliullah (Wali)

Site Geologist (Lalbuksh Voltas Engineering Services & Trading)

Sunil Kumar

Site Manager (Lalbuksh Voltas Engineering Services & Trading)

Ramraj Gopikrishnan

Roughnecks (GeoSolutions Engineering)

Abdul Khaliq

Mohammad Jameel

Mr. Alauddin

Mohd Mohiuddin

Rotary drilling
(Hamoud Al-Rashidi & Bros. Trading)

Driller

Sajid Hameed

Drilling Supervisor

Mohamed Irfan

Rock crushing
(University of Southampton)

Barbara Zihlmann

Robert Gough

Gareth Viney

Charlie Oldman

James Bird

OmanChikyu 2017 description

Laboratory Manager

Lena Maeda

Laboratory Officers

Soichi Moriya

Tomoy Tanaka

Toru Fujiki

Curators

Kazuhiro Yoshida

Masaru Yasunaga

Laboratory Technicians

Atsushi Kurasawa

Daiki Kawata

Emi Deguchi

Hiromichi Soejima

Jun Matsuoka

Kanako Yoshida

Kazuma Takahashi

Keiko Fujino

Kentaro Hatakeda

Kento Fukahori

Masumi Sakaguchi

Naoyasu Ichikawa

Nobuhiro Anraku

Reina Miyahara

Ritsuk Sawada

Rui Nitahara

Shigako Nigi

Sho Yatsuka

Susumu Konno

Takehiro Higashi

Yohei Arakawa

Yohei Katayama

Yoshiki Kido

Yu Shimazaki

Yuji Fuwa

Yuya Hitomi

IODP Publications Specialists

Rhonda Kappler

Shana Lewis

IODP Curation Specialist

Phil Rumford

Phase 2

Wireline diamond coring
(Geosolutions Engineering)

Drillers

Shikh Oliullah (Wali)

Mr. Mansoor

Assistant Driller

Abdul Khaliq

Site Geologist

Abdul Rasak Tharayil

Roughnecks

Mohammed Nabi

Sadik Khan

Mohd Maqsood

Rotary drilling
(Lalbuksh Voltas Engineering Services & Trading)

Driller

Mr. Nadeem

Drilling Supervisor

Sunil Pillai

Drilling Supervisor/Hydrogeologist

Sunil Kumar

Drilling Engineer

Ramraj Gopikrishnan

Drilling Superintendents

Mr. Sarbjit

Vidyadharan Thampi

Drilling Mechanic

Mohd Siddique

Rock crushing
(University of Southampton)

Catriona Menzies

Nicolas Bompard

James Fielding

OmanChikyu 2018 description

Laboratory Manager

Yusuke Kubo

Laboratory Officers

Soichi Moriya

Tomoy Tanaka

Toru Fujiki

Curators

Shigako Nigi

Masaru Yasunaga

Laboratory Technicians

Akihiko Fujihara

Atsushi Kurasawa

Azusa Suzuki

Chiaki Sasaki

Daiki Kawata

Hideki Yamamoto

Hikaru Kawase

Hiromi Takeda

Htet Naing Lin

Kanako Yoshida

Kazuma Takahashi

Kei Fujiya

Masayuki Abe

Masumi Sakaguchi

Nobuhiro Anraku

Paing Zu

Reina Miyahara

Rui Nitahara

Ryo Ogawa

Susumu Konno

Tomonori Watai

Toshikuni Yabuki

Yoshiki Kido

Yu Shimazaki

Yuta Oda

Yuya Hitomi

IODP Publications Specialist

Jean Wulfson


Publications staff (IODP JRSO)*

Douglas Cummings

Graphics Specialist II

Gudelia (“Gigi”) Delgado

Publications Coordinator

Ekanta Desai

Graphics Specialist II

Patrick H. Edwards

Supervisor of Production

Jenni Hesse

Editor IV

Willow Grosz

Editor II

Rhonda Kappler

Graphics Specialist IV

Ginny Lowe

Reports Coordinator

Amy McWilliams

Supervisor of Editing

Julie Myers

Production Editor III

Lorri Peters

Manager of Publication Services

Kenneth Sherar

Production Editor III

Alyssa Stephens

Graphics Specialist III

Crystal Wolfe

Production Editor IV

Jean Wulfson

Supervisor of Graphics

Ann Yeager

Distribution Specialist


Foreword

Funding

The Oman Drilling Project (OmanDP) has been undertaken by an international community of scientists from numerous countries and institutions. It has been possible through co-mingled funds from numerous agencies and institutions:

International Continental Scientific Drilling Project (ICDP; Kelemen, Matter, Teagle Lead PIs),

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Deep Carbon Observatory (Grant 2014-3-01, Kelemen PI),

National Science Foundation (Award NSF-EAR-1516300, Kelemen Lead PI),

NASA Astrobiology Institute (Award NNA15BB02A, Templeton PI),

German Research Foundation (DFG Grant KO 1723/21-1, Koepke PI),

Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS Awards 16H06347, Michibayashi PI; and KAKENHI 16H02742, Takazawa PI),

European Research Council (Adv Grant 669972; Jamveit PI),

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF Grant 20FI21-163073, Früh-Green PI),

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC),

International Ocean Discovery Program JOIDES Resolution Science Operator (IODP JRSO),

with important contributions from the Sultanate of Oman Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources (MRMWR), the Oman Public Authority of Mining, Sultan Qaboos University, Columbia University of New York (USA), and the University of Southampton (UK).

Disclaimer

Opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of any of the above listed supporting agencies.

Oman Drilling Project Management and Governance

The Oman Drilling Project is guided by a Project Steering Committee (PSC) comprising the lead principal investigators, specialist experts, and important liaisons with national and international bodies such as MRMWR, JAMSTEC, IODP, and ICDP.

Oman Drilling Project Steering Committee

Prof. Peter Kelemen (Columbia University, New York): Chief Scientist of the Oman Drilling Project; Chair PSC; Lead Principal Investigator on Oman Drilling Project

Prof. Juerg Matter (University of Southampton): Principal Investigator on Oman Drilling Project; Principal contact with ICDP; Principal liaison with Omani Government and other bodies; geophysical logging, physical properties measurements, and hydrology

Prof. Damon A.H. Teagle (University of Southampton): Principal Investigator on Oman Drilling Project, Vice Chair of PSC; Chair of the Sampling Oversight and Allocation Committee (SOAC)

Dr. Jude Coggon (University of Southampton): OmanDP Project Manager (2015-2019); logistics, personnel, website, organization, publications

Eng. Zaher Bin Khalid Al Sulaimani: In-Country Project Manager; Logistics and liaison in Oman

Eng. Said Al-Habsi (MRMWR, Sultanate of Oman): Chair of the Oman Drilling Committee (ODC)

Dr. Ali Al Rajhi (Public Authority for Mining, Sultanante of Oman): Permitting and government liason in Oman

Prof. Alexis Templeton (Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, USA): Biogeochemical and microbiological sampling and borehole incubation experiments

Dr. Marguerite Godard (Directrice de Recherche, CNRS, Universit de Montpellier, France): Geochemical and isotopic analyses of rock samples

Prof. David Goldberg (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, USA): Geophysical logging and borehole packer testing

Dr. Benoit Ildefonse (Directeur de Recherche, CNRS, Universit de Montpellier, France): Outreach; liaison with IODP

Prof. Jürgen Koepke (Leibniz Universitaet, Germany): Petrology of igneous and high-T metamorphic rocks from the lower crust and mantle

Prof. Chris MacLeod (School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, UK): Structural and petrological work on igneous and high-T metamorphic rocks in the middle crust and sheeted dikes

Prof. Craig Manning (Department of Earth & Space Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, USA): Analyses of low-T metamorphic rocks

Prof. Katsuyoshi Michibayashi (Nagoya University, Japan): Structural analyses of igneous and high-T metamorphic rocks from the lower crust and upper mantle

Dr. Jay Miller (IODP Manager of Technical & Analytical Services, Texas A&M University, USA): Core logging; publication of Initial Report; other liaison with IODP personnel

Prof. Sobhi Nasir (Head, Department of Geology, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman): Participation of undergraduates and graduate students from Oman

Prof. Matthew Shrenk (Michigan State University, USA): Biogeological sampling and borehole incubation experiments

Prof. Everett Shock (Arizona State University, USA): Water and gas sampling and analysis

Prof. Eiichi Takazawa (Niigata University, Japan): Detailed site selection and associated surface mapping and sampling

Day-to-day decisions were made by a Core Team comprising the Chief Scientist and Chair of the PSC (Kelemen), the Oman DP Project Director and Manager (Matter and Coggon, respectively), Mr. Zaher al Sulaimani of the Oman Water Society, and the Vice-Chair of the PSC and Chair of the Sample Oversight and Allocation Committee (Teagle).

Oman Drilling Committee

The Oman Drilling Committee (ODC) was established by representatives of the major stakeholders in the Sultanate of Oman with interests in the Oman Drilling Project. The role of the ODC is to provide independent advice and assist with the drilling permitting processes and other matters. The membership comes from a range of Omani government organizations and Sultan Qaboos University:

Eng. Said Al-Habsi (Chair): MRMWR

Dr. Rashid Al-Abri (Co-Chair): MRMWR

Eng. Salim Al-Khanbashi: MRMWR

Haider Al-Ajmi: MRMWR

Dr. Ali Al-Rajahi: Public Authority for Mining

Prof. Sobhi Nasir: Sultan Qaboos University

Ibrahim Al Ajmi (Director General for Climate Affairs): Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs

ChikyuOman 2017 Decision-Making Team

The Oman Drilling Project Phase 1 drill cores were described and analyzed onboard the JAMSTEC Drilling Vessel Chikyu from 15 July to 15 September 2017 (ChikyuOman2017). For these shipboard activities aboard Chikyu a Decision-Making Team (DMT) was established for effective decision making and sharing of information between the OmanDP PSC, the shipboard Co-Chiefs, Staff Scientists, the wider Science party, and the Center for Deep Earth Exploration (CDEX) Laboratory Managers. When wider discussion was required, for example budget-related issues, the DMT shared information with a broader constituency including the OmanDP PSC, ODS group leaders, and JAMSTEC administrators. Oversight of data and sampling will remain the responsibility of the OmanDP Sample Oversight and Allocation Committee (SOAC) but with refined procedures to approve and facilitate shipboard and personal sample requests (see below).

Membership of the ChikyuOman2017 Phase 1 Decision Making Team (DMT):

Prof. Damon Teagle, Co-Chief Scientist (Part A)

Prof. Eiichi Takazawa, Co-Chief Scientist (Part A)

Prof. Peter Kelemen, Co-Chief Scientist (Parts A and B)

Prof. Katzu Michibayashi, Co-Chief Scientist (Part B)

Dr. Michelle Harris, Staff Scientist (Site BT1)/Co-Chief Scientist (Site GT3)

Dr. Jude Coggon, Staff Scientist (Part A)

Dr. Natsue Abe, Staff Scientist (Parts A and B)

Mr. Juan Carlos de Obeso, Staff Scientist (Part B, Site GT3)

Ms. Chiaki Igarashi, Administration and CDEX Laboratory Manager

Dr. Akihiro Tamura, ChikyuOman2017 Project Manager

ChikyuOman 2018 Decision-Making Team

The Oman Drilling Project Phase 2 drill cores were described and analyzed onboard the JAMSTEC Drilling Vessel Chikyu from 5 July to 5 September 2018, ChikyuOman2018. For these shipboard activities aboard Chikyu a second DMT was established for effective decision making and sharing of information between the OmanDP PSC, the shipboard Co-Chiefs, Staff Scientists, the wider Science party, and the CDEX Laboratory Managers. When wider discussions were required, for example budget related issues, the DMT shared information with a broader constituency including the OmanDP PSC, ODS group leaders, and JAMSTEC administrators. Oversight of data and sampling will remain the responsibility of the OmanDP SOAC but with refined procedures to approve and facilitate shipboard and personal sample requests (see below).

Membership of the OmanChikyu 2018 Decision Making Team (DMT):

Prof. Damon Teagle, Co-Chief Scientist (Part A)

Prof. Eiichi Takazawa, Co-Chief Scientist (Part A)

Prof. Peter Kelemen, Co-Chief Scientist (Parts A and B)

Prof. Katzu Michibayashi, Co-Chief Scientist (Part B)

Dr. Margot Godard, Co-Chief Scientist (Part B)

Dr. Jude Coggon, Staff Scientist (Part A)

Ms. Saebyul Choe, Staff Scientist (Parts A and B)

Dr. Moe Kyaw, JAMSTEC liaison

Dr. Natsue Abe, JAMSTEC liaison

Ms. Chiaki Igarashi, Administration and CDEX Laboratory Manager

Oman Drilling Project Sample, Data, and Obligations Policies

These policies were developed to ensure transparent access by scientists to Oman Drilling Project samples and data. They are closely related to and similar to established policies used by IODP and other ICDP projects. Scientists who received samples and access data incurred obligations on their use and reporting of the science outcomes from research based on these samples or data. The distribution and use of all cores, samples, and data fall under oversight of the OmanDP Sample Oversight and Allocation Committee (SOAC), a subgroup of the Project Steering Committee.

Oman Drilling Project Sample Oversight and Allocation Committee (SOAC)

Prof. Damon Teagle: Chair of OmanDP SOAC; Principal Investigator OmanDP

Prof. Peter Kelemen: Chief Scientist of the Oman DP; Chair of PSC

Dr. Marguerite Godard: Geochemistry; Co-Chief ChikyuOman2018

Prof. Sobhi Nasir: Representative of the Oman Drilling Committee, co-ordinating sample allocations for Omani institutions

Prof. Alexis Templeton: Waters, gases, microbiology

Dr. Jürg Matter: Logging and hydrogeological data

Prof. Eiichi Takazawa: Co-Chief ChikyuOman 2017 and 2018

Prof. Katsu Michibayashi: Co-Chief ChikyuOman 2017 and 2018

The goals of the Oman Drilling Project sample policies were to ensure the:

Availability of samples and data to Science Party members so they can fulfill the objectives of the drilling project and their responsibilities to the OmanDP;

Dissemination of the scientific findings of the Oman Drilling Project coring, logging, sampling, experimentation, and related activities to gain maximum scientific exposure and public engagement;

Scientific community has access to findings and, following the moratorium periods, data and samples to encourage scientific analyses over a wide range of research disciplines; and

Preservation of core and cuttings material as an archive for future description and observations, nondestructive analyses, and sampling.

Sample and Data Requests

There are two classes of sample requesters: Members of the Science Party and Post-Moratorium Researchers. Both groups incur their own particular obligation once a data or sample request has been approved and delivered.

The Moratorium Period is defined as two and a half years following the end of the description of the cores. The Oman Drilling Project will be divided into two Science Parties relating to the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 Phases of operation. For Phase 1 of the OmanDP the moratorium period will be from September 2017 until the end of February 2020. For Phase 2 of the OmanDP the moratorium period will be from September 2018 until the end of February 2021. To submit a sample/data request you must be registered with OmanDP (via the application form). Membership of one phase does not necessarily ensure membership in the other Science Party unless certain criteria are fulfilled. For example, membership of the OmanDP Phase 1 Science Party requires at least one of the following:

1) Participation on site during the Phase 1 drilling, sampling, logging, experiment operations, of OmanDP;

2) Contribution to the visual and/or instrumental logging of the Phase 1 Oman DP cores during ChikyuOman2017 (July-September, 2017); or

3) A financial contribution to Oman Drilling Project via one or more scientific research grants that provides funds for drilling operations and/or core logging onboard Chikyu.

In addition, the SOAC will also consider sample requests, on a case by case basis, from science groups who provide specific skills or approaches NOT provided by colleagues covered by 1, 2, and/or 3, above.

Personal sample requests are prioritized by the OmanDP SOAC. The SOAC encouraged a pooled sampling approach, as commonly used during IODP expeditions, to ensure that a comprehensive suite of geochemical, mineralogical, and physical properties measurements are made on a representative suite of shared samples/powders. The SOAC also encouraged boutique isotopic and other geochemical measurements to be initially undertaken on the well-characterized pool samples.

Post-moratorium researchers are those who submit sample and data requests after the specific OmanDP Phase moratorium period ends. Sample applications by educators and outreach institutions are also considered on a case-by-case basis.

All data and observations produced from the on-site drilling and logging phases and shipboard activities of the Oman Drilling Project will be published in this open access volume akin to the IODP Expedition Reports following the moratorium period. During the moratorium period, data and samples will be restricted to the Science Party of that phase of the OmanDP.

Requests for data or samples must be made through official OmanDP processes and use the OmanDP sample request form. These requests will be assessed by the SOAC and accepted, refined, combined, or rejected to ensure the best scientific outcomes. Core samples were generally only taken during the core logging activities (in 2017 onboard Chikyu) in a series of sampling meetings immediately following the description of each hole. To oversee these sampling events the SOAC delegated specific sample allocation to a shipboard team comprising the Co-Chief Scientists and Staff Scientists with assistance from the Curator. These teams resolved conflicts and ensured a fair and efficient distribution of samples. All sample request conflicts were resolved aboard.

Obligations for Members of the OmanDP Science Parties receiving Samples and/or Data

All members of the OmanDP Science Parties who receive samples or data incurr obligations to conduct research during the moratorium period and publish their data and results in an English language peer-reviewed scientific journal or a peer-reviewed data report that will supplement the open access OmanDP Initial Reports, within 48 months of the core description campaign. Failure to meet these obligations may result in the rejection of future sample requests and may influence participation in other aspects of the Oman Drilling Project.

All publications arising from the OmanDP operations must acknowledge the Oman Drilling Project using a modified version of the following wording:

This research used samples and/or data provided by the Oman Drilling Project. The Oman Drilling Project (OmanDP) was made possible through co-mingled funds from the International Continental Scientific Drilling Project (ICDP; Kelemen, Matter, Teagle Lead PIs), the Sloan Foundation Deep Carbon Observatory (Grant 2014-3-01, Kelemen PI), the National Science Foundation (Award NSF-EAR-1516300, Kelemen lead PI), NASA Astrobiology Institute (Award NNA15BB02A, Templeton PI), the German Research Foundation (DFG Grant KO 1723/21-1, Koepke PI), the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS grants 16H06347, Michibayashi PI; and KAKENHI 16H02742, Takazawa PI), the European Research Council (Adv grant 669972; Jamveit PI), the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF grant 20FI21_163073, Früh-Green PI), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), the International Ocean Discovery Program JOIDES Resolution Science Operator (IODP JRSO), and contributions from the Sultanate of Oman Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources, the Oman Public Authority of Mining, Sultan Qaboos University, CNRS-Université Montpellier (France), Columbia University of New York (USA), and the University of Southampton (UK).

Publications should include the words Oman Drilling Project as keywords provided to the journal or book published of the manuscript.

Authors should send a PDF copy of the manuscript to the Chair and Vice-Chair of the OmanDP Project Steering Committee and the Project Director (Kelemen, Teagle, and Matter, respectively).

All data generated should be made openly available and either lodged in the OmanDP Proceedings Volume supplements as data reports or archived in an open access data repository (e.g., PetDP).

Authors wishing to publish scientific papers within the Moratorium Period must receive prior approval in writing by a majority of the scientific party and the support of the OmanDP Project Steering Committee. This approval will be coordinated by the OmanDP Project Manager, who will circulate the manuscript among the scientific party, tabulate responses, and notify the author of the scientific party’s decision. Unless specifically agreed, all publications within the Moratorium period must include the Oman Drilling Project Science Team in the authorship.


Acknowledgments

The Oman Drilling Project has received essential assistance from hundreds of volunteers, many of whom covered their own travel expenses as well as providing weeks to months of their time and effort without compensation. We are very grateful for this exceptional community effort.

The In-Country Manager of the Oman Drilling Project is Eng. Zaher Al Sulaimani, Director of the Oman Water Centre. It is likely that the Oman Drilling Project would not have succeeded without his wise guidance. We also thank his son, Mazin Al Sulaimani, for able and efficient assistance with logistics. Eng. Nehal Warsi served as Site Geologist, our dedicated and reliable representative, every day of drilling for two seasons (7 months in total) and also volunteered a month of his time to help with core description on board the Drilling Vessel Chikyu.

Funding for the Oman Drilling Project was generously provided by the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP), the US National Science Foundation (NSF), the Sloan Foundation Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO), the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Research Council (ERC), the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), and the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP). We are particularly grateful for advice from Dr. Uli Harms of ICDP, for support from JAMSTEC President Dr. Asahiko Taira, and for extensive assistance with proposal preparation from Dr. Nobu Eguchi at JAMSTEC. Special thanks also go to Jesse Ausubel of the Sloan Foundation Deep Carbon Observatory and Dr. Leonard Johnson and Dr. Dennis Geist of the US NSF.

In-kind and administrative support for the Oman Drilling Project in Oman was kindly provided by personnel at the Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources (especially His Excellency Minister Dr. Ahmed Al Shili, Eng. Said Al Habsi, Director General of Water Resources Assessment, Eng. Salim Al Khanbashi, Director General of Surface & Groundwater Assessment, Dr. Rashid Al Abri, Eng. Nasser Mohammed Nasser Al Batashi, Eng. Haider Ahmed Mohammed Alajmi, Mohsin Al Shukaili, Ali Al Shukaili, Eng. Abdullah Al Kasbi, Said Al Mangi, and Suleiman Al Mangi), the Public Authority for Mining (especially Dr. Ali Al Rajhi, Director General of Research & Geological Surveys, Mohamed Al Batashi, and Mohamed Al Araimi), the Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs (especially His Excellency Minister Dr. Mohammed Al Toobi), the faculty of Sultan Qaboos University (especially Prof. Sobhi Nasir, Her Excellency Deputy Vice Chancellor Prof. Rahma Al Mahrooqi, His Excellency Vice Chancellor Prof. Ali Al Bemani, Prof. Osman Abdalla, Dr. Issa El-Hussain, and Majid Al-Saifi), the faculty of the German University of Technology in Oman (especially Heads of the Dept. of Applied Geosciences, Prof. Michaela Bernecker and Prof. Willfried Bauer and faculty members Dr. Ana Jesus and Dr. Ekkehard Holzbecher), and Petroleum Development Oman (especially Geosolutions Manager Dr. Hisham Al Siyabi and XGL Dr. Hamad Al Shuaily).

Special thanks go to Dr. Uli Harms and the ICDP Operational Support Team: Dr. Ronald Conze, Dr. Thomas Gorgas, Dr. Tanja Hörner, and Dr. Thomas Wiersberg for their assistance in and valuable advice in designing and setting up the drill site core logging protocols and for being available at all hours of the day and night to help us to solve problems and ensure smooth drill site operations.

We worked with several drilling contractors in Oman. We particularly thank GeoSolutions Engineering, owned and operated by Managing Director Sultan Al Saadi, who is assisted by the exceptionally able Driller Shaikh Oliullah (Wali) and by Geologist Abdul Rasak Tharayil. Their attention to quality and efficiency were above and beyond the call of duty and resulted in timely acquisition of 3200 meters of core with 100% recovery.

During core description onboard Drilling Vessel (D/V) Chikyu, we were ably assisted by the ship’s crew and technical staff. We particularly thank President Dr. Asahiko Taira, Dr. Kyoshi Suyehiro, Dr. Nobu Eguchi, Director of the Science Services Department, Center for Deep Earth Exploration (CDEX), Chikyu Laboratory Managers Dr. Lena Maeda and Dr. Yusuke Kubo, shore-based Expedition Manager Dr. Chiaki Igarashi, and Ms. Maya Takebayashi Noguchi at JAMSTEC.

We thank Dr. Jay Miller and Dr. Brad Clement at IODP JRSO at Texas A&M University (TAMU) for their advice and assistance in planning and organizing logistics and protocols for shipboard core description. In addition, Shana Lewis, Rhonda Kappler, Jean Wulfson, and Phil Rumford kindly joined us onboard D/V Chikyu to provide publications and curation support, and Lorri Peters and her team at JRSO TAMU worked extremely hard to edit and produce this volume.

Among the scientists involved with the Oman Drilling Project, a few deserve special thanks here. Project Manager Dr. Jude Coggon and Project Director Prof. Jürg Matter did an amazing, exceptional job of managing logistics, arranging contracts, and supervising operations in the field and during core description. Niigata University Prof. Eiichi Takazawa and his students found and mapped the drill sites at the crust-mantle transition zone. Nagoya University Prof. Katsu Michibayashi provided his own research funds to enable core description onboard D/V Chikyu in summer 2017. Katsu and Eiichi, together with Dr. Natsue Abe of JAMSTEC, Dr. Jude Coggon, and Prof. Damon Teagle of Southampton University, Dr. Marguerite Godard of the University of Montpellier, Dr. Michelle Harris of Plymouth University, and Prof. Peter Kelemen and graduate student Juan Carlos de Obeso of Columbia University, served as Co-Chief Scientists and Staff Scientists onboard D/V Chikyu. Prof. Alexis Templeton, Dr. Eric Ellison, and graduate student Katy Rempfert from the University of Colorado built and operated the biogeoscience laboratory on the drill site in January 2018.


Dedication

His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said

18 November 1940–10 January 2020

Sultan of Oman, 23 July 1970–10 January 2020

The Oman Drilling Project, the results within this volume and our future scientific outcomes are dedicated to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said.

نتشرف بأن نهدي أعمال مشروع الحفر في سلطنة عمان، والنتائج المنشورة في هذا الإصدار، وكذلك الاستنتاجات العلمية التي سنخرج بها مستقبلا، لروح المغفور له باذن الله صاحب الجلالة السلطان قابوس بن سعيد بن تيمور ال سعيد - طيب الله ثراه  - .

Sultan Qaboos recognized the importance of the unique geology of Oman to his country and the great role that science can play in the development of peace and prosperity. He was instrumental in opening up Oman to national and international scientific collaborations that, together with the warm welcome of the people of Oman, have allowed the mountains of the Samail Ophiolite to become one of the world’s most iconic geological terrains.