DIRECTORATE FOR OCEAN SCIENCES (OCE)
Ocean Drilling Program
The Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) explores, on a global scale, the Earth's
crust beneath the ocean in order to learn more about the composition,
structure, and history of the submerged portion of the Earth's surface. The
drilling process involves logging and collecting geologic samples from the
floor of deep ocean basins through rotary coring and hydraulic piston coring.
The logs and samples of the cores are available to qualified scientists
throughout the world for research projects.
Target Dates: February 15 and August 15
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