Ocean Drilling Program
The Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) was an international scientific project to explore the sea floor through deep-sea drilling, which was a focus of marine geology . The ODP began in early 1985 as a successor to the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP). It was replaced in 2003 by a successor program ( Integrated Ocean Drilling Program ).
The drilling ship JOIDES Resolution was able to drill down to a water depth of 8200 m. They were used to take samples of the ocean floor and to carry out measurements in the boreholes to determine the physical and chemical properties of the oceanic crust .
Six expeditions were carried out annually. The cost of this was $ 44 million in 1998, of which the US contributed 60%.
After the end of the ODP, the follow-up project Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) started. The research program ran until October 2013, after which the collaboration was continued once more in a follow-up project. The name changed to International Ocean Discovery Program , which allowed the abbreviation IODP to continue to be used.
Web links
- Ocean Drilling Program
- iodp.tamu.edu (Eng.)
- www.bgr.de (German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.iodp.org IODP History ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
