New Focus on the Tales of the Earth-Legacy Cores Redistribution Project Completed

• Published in: Scientific drilling (Hokkaido, Japan) no. 7; pp. 31 - 33
• Main Authors: FIRTH, John, GUPTA, Lallan, RÖHL, Ursula
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sapporo IODP-MI 01.03.2009; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Applied geophysics; core repository; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; Internal geophysics; mid-ocean ridges; projects; sampling; sea-floor spreading; salt domes; drilling; Deep Sea Drilling Project; offshore; drill cores; collections; ocean floors; management; rift zones; policy

Scientific drilling for marine cores began in 1968 under the auspices of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP), whose initial discoveries included salt domes on the sea floor and formation of oceanic crust by sea-floor spreading along the mid-ocean ridges rift zone. Analyses of cores in various labor...