IODP Expedition 361 (The South African Climates) will investigate the interaction between climate and the Agulhas Current during the Plio/Pleistocene. Six drill sites in the southern Indian Ocean and Mozambique Channel will determine (1) the sensitivity of the Agulhas Current, (2) the dynamics of Indian-Atlantic gateway circulation, and (3) the connection between Agulhas Leakage and shifts of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) during major ocean and climate reorganizations of the past 5 Ma.

        This expedition will also include the Agulhas Current Density Profile ancillary project (IODP Proposal 845-APL), which will reconstruct temperature and salinity over a depth transect during the last glacial maximum.

        China-based scientists could apply through the IODP-China Office, and submit application form, English CV as well as post-cruise research proposal no later than 15 December 2014.

        For further details, please contact:

        Shouting Tuo, Science Coordinator, the IODP-China Office

        Tel.: +86-21-65982198, Fax: +86-21-65988808

        Email: iodp_china@tongji.edu.cn