Chikyu-Japanese Drilling Vessel Riser Equipped

JOIDES Resolution-US Riserless Drilling Vessel

Moonpool in Gulf of Mexico Hydrogeology Exp.308

Cores from North Atlantic Climate Exp.303

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Having a sampling discussion in a core lab Exp.344

JFAST: Kaiko 7000-II Retrieving Temperature Sensor

News

NSF announces continued funding for JOIDES Resolution - Nov 21, 2013
IODP at the AGU Fall Meeting - Nov 20, 2013
IODP Forum to meet May 27-28, 2014 in Busan, South Korea - Oct 23, 2013
IODP Smear Slide series published - Oct 21, 2013
October 9 media conference in Paris highlights new program - Oct 7, 2013
2013 Ocean Drilling Citation Report covering citations from 1969-2012 now available - Oct 1, 2013
Exp. 350 Izu-Bonin-Mariana Rear Arc Scientific Prospectus published — September 20, 2013
Exp. 351 Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc Origins Scientific Prospectus published — August 26, 2013
CHIKYU+10 workshop report published — August 22, 2013
Drilling to Earth's mantle with Chikyu featured in August issue of Physics Today — August 20, 2013

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Current Expeditions

Baltic Sea Paleoenvironment: Exp.347 (Started on September 12, 2013)

Understanding paleoenvironmental evolution of the Baltic Sea Basin through the last glacial cycle
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Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment Stage 3: Exp.348 (13 September - 20 January 2014)

This Stage focuses on "ultra-deep" drilling to ultimately reach the seismogenic zone. Operations include direct core sampling and analysis from the fault on which great earthquakes have repeatedly occurred to understand the geologic characteristics of the seismogenic zone.
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Recent Expeditions

Asian Monsoon: Exp.346 (29 July - 28 September 2013)

Onset and evolution of millennial-scale variability of Asian monsoon and its possible relation with Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau uplift

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IODP Facilities

Exploring Our Planet

The International Ocean Discovery Program: Exploring the Earth under the Sea (IODP) continues over five decades of international collaboration to recover geological data and samples from beneath the ocean floor to study the history and dynamics of Planet Earth. IODP is guided by the science plan Illuminating Earth's Past, Present, and Future.

For Scientists

Participate! Apply to Sail by Jan 15 for

Expedition 353, Indian Monsoon Rainfall
Expedition 354, Bengal Fan

Submission Deadlines

Site Survey Data
- Submit by Nov. 1, 2013 23:59 GMT
IODP Drilling Proposals
- Next deadline April 1, 2014

Submit Drilling Proposals

Next Meetings

Science Evaluation Panel
- January 6-9, 2014 La Jolla, CA USA
Chikyu IODP Board
- February 18-20, 2014 Yokohama, Japan
ECORD Facility Board
- March 4-6, 2014
JOIDES Resolution Facility Board
- April 23-24, 2014 Washington, DC
Environmental Protection and Safety Panel meeting
- May 5-7, 2014 College Station, TX USA
IODP Forum
- May 27-28, 2014 Busan, South Korea

Program Information

The International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) is an international marine research collaboration between 26 nations dedicated to advancing scientific understanding of Earth by sampling, instrumenting and monitoring subseafloor environments using specialized ocean drilling platforms staffed by multidisciplinary research scientists.

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