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Tyrrhenian Continent–Ocean Transition (Expedition 402)
Summary from the Scientific Prospectus: The discovery in the 1980s of exposed mantle in the continent–ocean transition west of Iberia started an ongoing debate on the mechanisms of lithospheric extension and mantle exhumation, on the definition of continental break-up and initial seafloor spreading, on the nature of the continent–ocean transition, and on the first emplacement of oceanic crust. Our imperfect understanding of continent–ocean transition processes and of the onset of seafloor spreading is largely due to the worldwide limitation on drilling basement rocks typically buried under several kilometers of sediments. There are four main reasons to drill the Tyrrhenian Basin: it is very young and consequently has a thin sedimentary cover; its bedrock lithology and stratigraphy is extremely well documented by more than 40 y of academic investigations; a 30 m section of partially serpentinized peridotite has been already recovered in the center of the basin; and extensive recent seismic refraction and reflection experiments suggest that most of the basement in the center of the Tyrrhenian is made of exhumed mantle. Expedition 402 will drill two perpendicular transects. An east–west transect will target the progression from magmatic crust to exposed mantle; a north–south transect will map the fault zone that exhumed mantle. Drilling will sample the mantle, the associated magmas, and the products of syntectonic, and possibly ongoing, fluid-rock interaction to evaluate the geochemical exchange between the lithosphere and the hydrosphere and potential related ecosystems.
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- How Earth's Most Powerful Ocean Current Changed Over the Post 5.3 Million Years, Cosmos
- Sea Changes for Scientific Ocean Drilling, Physics Today
- Scientists Find Evidence of Eruption that is Rewriting ‘Santorini’s Geological History’, eKathimerini
- China's First Homegrown Ocean Drillship Completes Trial Voyage, Global Times
- Supervolcano 'Megabeds' Discovered at Bottom of Sea Point to Catastrophic Events in Europe Every 10,000 to 15,000 Years, Live Science
- There is No JOIDES in Mudville, Eos
- Marine Sediments Reveal Past Climate Responses to CO2 Changes, Eos
- Scientists Drill into Earth's Crust, Gather Historic Samples of Mantle, USA Today
- In a Geologic Triumph, Scientists Drill a Window into Earth's Mantle, Washington Post
- At Long Last, Ocean DrillersExhume a Bounty of Rocks from Earth’s Mantle, Science
- The Classic Mediterranean Vacation Spot That Sits Over a Live Volcano, CNN
- Drilling for Earth's Climate Secrets Buried under the Sea, WHYY
- Ocean-drilling Ship that Revolutionized Earth Science Due to Retire, Nature
- Drilling Deeper into Ocean Floor in Search for Origins of Life, Wall Street Journal
- Smithsonian Scientists Unearth Signs of an Ancient Climate Calamity Buried Beneath the Seafloor, Smithsonian Voices
- Pliocene-Like Monsoons are Returning to the American Southwest, Wired
- Analysing Ancient Marine DNA in Antarctic Sediments, Tasmanian Times
- Japan's Next Great Earthquake Probed by Deepest-Ever Scientific Ocean Drilling, Engineering and Technology
- Deep Drilling Offers Clues to Japan's Next Big Earthquake, Futurity
- How the Tibetan Uplift Affects Evolution of Westerly Circulation, phys.org
- Seabed Core Samples Could Reveal Links Between Climate and Hundreds of Thousands of Years of Eruptions, Earthquakes, Stuff
- Could Earth Scientists Create Their Own Equivalent to the James Webb Space Telescope?, Discover Magazine
- Stretching of the Continents Drove Ancient Global Warming Event, Phys.org
- An Ambitious Vision for the Future of Scientific Ocean Drilling, Eos
- Research Leads to Deeper Understanding of Ocean Currents, NSF Research News
- India's Monsoon is Unique - It's an Enormous Movement of Water and Energy Across Earth, The Times of India
- Million-Year Study Shows Warming Will Make Indian Monsoons More Extreme Says Geoscientist Kaustubh Thirumalai, The Times of India
- A Million Years of Data Confirms: Monsoons Are Likely to Get Worse, New York Times
- Science Drill Ship Sets Depth Record Off Japan, BBC
- Climate Change: A Small Green Rock's Warning About Our Future, BBC
- How an Ill-fated Undersea Adventure in the 1960s Changed the Way Scientists see the Earth, Vox
- Tracking Past Earthquakes Along the Japan Trench, EurekaAlert (AAAS)
- 100 Million Year Old Seafloor Sediment Bacteria Have Been Resuscitated, Scientific American
- Space dust found in Chicxulub crater confirms asteroid’s dinosaur-killing role, Imperial College London
- Tracking Arctic climate change from a Greenhouse to an Icehouse world, EurekaAlert (AAAS)
- Scientists solve a major climate mystery, Space.com
- Paleoclimate puzzle explained by seasonal variation, Nature
- Will warming bring a change in the winds? Dust from the deep sea provides a clue, NSF Research News
- Life in the Chicxulub Crater years after it was formed, AGU Advances
- How hot is too hot for life deep below the ocean floor? EurekaAlert (AAAS)
- Microbial diversity below seafloor is as rich as on Earth's surface, URI Today
- The mission to drill through Earth's crust, CNN World
International Ocean Discovery Program (2013-2024)
(last updated: April 2024)
JOIDES Resolution (through 401) |
Chikyu (through 380) |
Mission-Specific Platforms (through 389) |
Program Total | |
Expeditions Completed | 46 | 4 | 5 | 55 |
Sites Visited | 207 | 6 | 43 | 256 |
Holes Drilled | 563 | 19 | 115 | 697 |
Cores Recovered | 15,182 | 204 | 1,453 | 16,839 |
Deepest Hole Penetrated (m) | 1,806 | 1,180 | 1,335 | 1,806 |
Shallowest Water Depth (m) | 87 | 1,939 | 20 | 20 |
Deepest Water Depth (m) | 5,012 | 4,776 | 8,023 | 8,023 |
Core Recovery (m) | 86,797 | 1,092 | 3,801 | 91,690 |
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (2003-2013)
JOIDES Resolution | Chikyu | Mission-Specific Platforms | Program Total | |
Expeditions Completed | 35 | 14 | 5 | 54 |
Sites Visited | 145 | 38 | 67 | 250 |
Holes Drilled | 439 | 95 | 115 | 649 |
Cores Recovered | 8,491 | 927 | 2,676 | 12,094 |
Deepest Hole Penetrated (m) | 1,928 | 3,059 | 755 | 3,059 |
Shallowest Water Depth (m) | 84.2 | 885 | 23 | 23 |
Deepest Water Depth (m) | 5,697 | 6,929 | 1.288 | 6,929 |
Core Recovery (m) | 57,289 | 4,886 | 4,131 | 66,306 |
Ocean Drilling Program (1985-2003)
JOIDES Resolution | |
Expeditions Completed | 111 |
Sites Visited | 669 |
Holes Drilled | 1,797 |
Cores Recovered | 35,772 |
Deepest Hole Penetrated (m) | 2,111 |
Shallowest Water Depth (m) | 37.5 |
Deepest Water Depth (m) | 5,980 |
Core Recovery (m) | 222,704 |
Deep Sea Drilling Project (1968-1983)
Glomar Challenger | |
Expeditions Completed | 96 |
Sites Visited | 624 |
Holes Drilled | 1,053 |
Cores Recovered | 19,119 |
Deepest Hole Penetrated (m) | 1,741 |
Deepest Water Depth (m) | 7,044 |
Core Recovery (m) | 97,056 |
Last updated March 7, 2024
Expedition Name
|
# |
Dates
|
Ports
|
Operator
|
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Tyrrhenian Continent-Ocean Transition | 402 | Feb. 9 – Apr. 8, 2024 | Napoli / Napoli | JRSO |
Eastern Fram Strait Paleo-archive | 403 | June 4 – Aug. 2, 2024 | Amsterdam / Amsterdam | JRSO |
Japan Trench Tsunamigenesis | 405 | Sept. 6 – Dec. 20, 2024 | Shimizu / Shimizu | MarE3 |
Completed Expeditions (2014-2024)
Expedition Name
|
# |
Dates
|
Ports
|
Operator
|
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South China Sea Tectonics | 349 | Jan. 26 – Mar. 30, 2014 | Hong Kong / Keelung | USIO |
Izu Bonin Mariana: Rear Arc | 350 | Mar. 30 – May 30, 2014 | Keelung / Yokohama | USIO |
Izu Bonin Mariana: Arc Origins | 351 | May 30 – July 30, 2014 | Yokohama / Yokohama | USIO |
Izu Bonin Mariana: Forearc | 352 | July 30 – Sep. 29, 2014 | Yokohama / Keelung | USIO |
Indian Monsoon Rainfall | 353 | Nov. 29, 2014 – Jan. 29, 2015 | Singapore / Singapore | JRSO |
Bengal Fan | 354 | Jan. 29 – Mar. 31, 2015 | Singapore / Columbo | JRSO |
Arabian Sea Monsoon (CPP) | 355 | Mar. 31 – May 31, 2015 | Columbo / Mumbai | JRSO |
Indonesian Throughflow | 356 | July 31 – Sept. 30, 2015 | Freemantle / Darwin | JRSO |
Atlantis Massif Seafloor Processes: Serpentinization and Life | 357 | Oct. 26 – Dec. 11, 2015 | Southampton / Southampton | ESO |
NanTroSEIZE: Plate Boundary Deep Riser 4 | 358 | Oct. 7, 2018 – Mar. 31, 2019 | Shimizu / Shimizu | CDEX |
Maldives Monsoon and Sea Level | 359 | Sept. 30 – Nov. 30, 2015 | Darwin / Colombo | JRSO |
SW Indian Ridge Lower Crust/Moho | 360 | Nov. 30, 2015 – Jan. 30, 2016 | Colombo / Port Louis | JRSO |
Southern African Climates & Agulhas Current Density Profile | 361 | Jan. 30 – Mar. 31, 2016 | Port Louis / Cape Town | JRSO |
Transit / Hole U1473 Remediation | 362T | July 4 – Aug. 6, 2016 | Cape Town / Colombo | JRSO |
Sumatra Seismogenic Zone | 362 | Aug. 6 – Oct. 6, 2016 | Colombo / Singapore | JRSO |
Western Pacific Warm Pool | 363 | Oct. 6 – Dec. 8, 2016 | Singapore / Guam | JRSO |
Chicxulub K-T Impact Crater | 364 | Apr. 5 – May 31, 2016 | Progreso, Mexico | ESO |
NanTroSEIZE: Shallow Megasplay Long-Term Borehole | 365 | Mar. 26 – Apr. 27, 2016 | Shimizu / Shimizu | CDEX |
Mariana Convergent Margin | 366 | Dec. 8, 2016 – Feb. 7, 2017 | Guam / Hong Kong | JRSO |
South China Sea Rifted Margin A | 367 | Feb. 7 – Apr. 9, 2017 | Hong Kong / Hong Kong | JRSO |
South China Sea Rifted Margin B | 368 | Apr. 9 – June 11, 2017 | Hong Kong / Shanghai | JRSO |
Return to Hole U1503A (South China Sea) | 368X | Nov. 15 – Dec. 8, 2018 | Hong Kong / Hong Kong | JRSO |
Australia Cretaceous Climate and Tectonics | 369 | Sep. 26 – Nov. 26, 2017 | Hobart / Fremantle | JRSO |
Temperature Limit of the Deep Biosphere off Muroto | 370 | Sep. 10 – Nov. 10, 2016 | Shimizu / Kochi | CDEX |
Tasman Frontier Subduction Initiation & Paleogene Climate | 371 | July 27 – Sep. 26, 2017 | Townsville / Hobart | JRSO |
Creeping Gas Hydrate Slides and Hikurangi LWD | 372 | Nov. 26, 2017 – Jan. 4, 2018 | Fremantle / Lyttelton | JRSO |
Ross Sea West Antarctic Ice Sheet History | 374 | Jan. 4 – Mar. 8, 2018 | Lyttelton / Lyttelton | JRSO |
Hikurangi Subduction Margin Observatory | 375 | Mar. 8 – May 5, 2018 | Lyttelton / Auckland | JRSO |
Brothers Arc Flux | 376 | May 5 – July 5, 2018 | Auckland / Auckland | JRSO |
Amundsen Sea West Antarctic Ice Sheet History | 379 | Jan. 18 – Mar. 20, 2019 | Punta Arenas / Punta Arenas | JRSO |
NanTroSEIZE: Frontal Thrust Borehole Monitoring System | 380 | Jan. 12 – Feb. 7, 2018 | Shimizu / Shimizu | CDEX |
Corinth Active Rift Development | 381 | Oct. 23 – Dec. 18, 2017 | Corinth / Corinth | ESO |
Iceberg Alley and Subantarctic Ice and Ocean Dynamics | 382 | Mar. 20 – May 20, 2019 | Punta Arenas / Punta Arenas | JRSO |
Dynamics of Pacific Antarctic Circumpolar Current | 383 | May 20 – July 20, 2019 | Punta Arenas / Punta Arenas | JRSO |
Panama Basin Crustal Architecture & Restoring Hole 896A | 385T | Aug. 18 – Sep. 16, 2019 | Antofagasta / San Diego | JRSO |
Guaymas Basin Tectonics and Biosphere | 385 | Sept. 16 – Nov. 16, 2019 | San Diego / San Diego | JRSO |
South Pacific Paleogene Climate | 378 | Jan. 3 – Feb. 6, 2020 | Fiji / Papeete | JRSO |
JOIDES Resolution Engineering Testing | 384 | July 20 – Sep. 5, 2020 | Kristiansand / Las Palmas | JRSO |
South Atlantic Transect Reentry Installations | 390C | Oct. 5 – Dec. 5, 2020 | Kristiansand / Cape Town | JRSO |
Complete South Atlantic Transect Reentry Installations | 395E | April 6 – June 6, 2021 | Cape Town / Reykjavik | JRSO |
Japan Trench Paleoseismology | 386 | Apr. 13 – June 1, 2021 | Yokosuka / Yokosuka | ESO |
Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate | 395C | June 6 – Aug. 6, 2021 | Reykjavik / Reykjavik | JRSO |
Mid-Norwegian Continental Margin Magmatism | 396 | Aug. 6 – Oct. 6, 2021 | Reykjavik / Kristiansand | JRSO |
Walvis Ridge Hotspot | 391 | Dec. 6, 2021 – Feb. 5, 2022 | Cape Town / Cape Town |
JRSO |
Agulhas Plateau Cretaceous Climate | 392 | Feb. 5 – Apr. 7, 2022 | Cape Town / Cape Town |
JRSO |
South Atlantic Transect | 390 | Apr. 7 – June 7, 2022 | Cape Town / Cape Town |
JRSO |
South Atlantic Transect 2 | 393 | Jun. 7 – Aug. 7, 2022 | Cape Town / Cape Town |
JRSO |
Iberian Margin Paleoclimate | 397 | Oct. 11 – Dec. 11, 2022 | Lisbon / Tarragona |
JRSO |
Hellenic Arc Volcanic Field | 398 | Dec. 11, 2022 – Feb. 10, 2023 | Tarragona / Heraklion |
JRSO |
Building Blocks of Life, Atlantis Massif | 399 | April 12 – June 12, 2023 | Ponta Delgada / Ponta Delgada |
JRSO |
Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate | 395 | June 12 – Aug. 12, 2023 | Ponta Delgada / Reykjavik |
JRSO |
NW Greenland Glaciated Margin | 400 | Aug. 12 – Oct. 12, 2023 | Reykjavik / Reykjavik |
JRSO |
Hawaiian Drowned Reefs | 389 | Aug. 29 – Oct. 31, 2023 | Honolulu / Honolulu |
ESO |
Mediterranean-Atlantic Gateway Exchange | 401 | Dec. 10, 2023 – Feb. 9, 2024 | Amsterdam / Napoli |
JRSO |
Expeditions from previous scientific ocean drilling programs: