| ODP Staff Liaison: Adam Klaus | e-mail address: adam_klaus@odp.tamu.edu |
| Date and location of last meeting: 29 February-2 March 1996. Tsukuba, Japan | |
| Date and location of next meeting: 30 September-2 October 1996. Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. | |
Consensus 1-96: The Davis-Villinger tool performed well on Leg 164, and DMP has no reservations concerning its scheduling for Leg 169.
Action: The tool will be deployed as planned.
Consensus 2-96: The Fisseler water sampler should be further tested, in mechanically different sediments, to permit evaluation of whether or not additional development efforts are warranted. Comparison of this tool's performance to adjacent WSTP sampling is recommended.
Action: The FWS is scheduled for deployment on Leg 169. It is planned that the tool will be run frequently in better formations and adjacent to WSTP and IW's to allow for meaningful comparison.
Consensus 7-96: DMP endorses the Wohlenberg proposal for a 1-year trial of providing lithology logs for Initial Reports volumes. The trial would only be undertaken for legs in which approval as shore-based science is obtained, and DMP encourages Co-Chiefs to grant this approval.
Action: Staff Scientists will render assistance as necessary.
DMP Recommendation 96-1-1 to PCOM: DMP recommends that the 1998 drydock include the following two improvements: (1) renovation and expansion of the Downhole Measurements Laboratory, aimed partially at fostering interactions between loggers and other shipboard scientists, and (2) improvements in the pressure recording systems for packer measurements.
Action: The DMP will be provided with previous plans for the proposed expansion of the Downhole Measurements Laboratory at the next meeting.