International Ocean Discovery Program

The International Ocean Discovery Program is an international marine research program that coordinates expeditions to investigate the history of the Earth, by drilling and coring sediments and other rocks found beneath the seafloor.[1] It began in 2013, after the closure of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, which itself followed on from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) and Ocean Drilling Program (ODP). It operates the JOIDES Resolution drillship. The first expedition, number 360, was completed in January 2016. It re-evaluated the drilling results at hole 1105 (part of ODP leg 179, drilled in 1998), before drilling at site U1473 on Atlantis Bank, an oceanic core complex on the Southwest Indian Ridge.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "International Ocean Discovery Program JOIDES Resolution Science Operator". Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "IODP Expedition 360 SW Indian Ridge Lower Crust and Moho". Retrieved 1 February 2016.

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