About
The International Ocean Drilling Programme (IODP3) is an international marine research collaboration that explores Earth’s history and dynamics using ocean-going research platforms to recover data recorded in seafloor sediments and rocks and to monitor subseafloor environments.
IODP3 depends on facilities funded by two core members, the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD) and the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), with financial contributions from IODP3 Associate Members. It is also supported by three international scientific ocean drilling Core Repositories funded by ECORD (Bremen Core Repository Germany), JAMSTEC (Kochi Core Center, Japan) and the US National Science Foundation (Gulf Coast Repository, USA).
Together, these entities represent 17 nations whose scientists are selected to staff IODP3. research expeditions conducted throughout the world’s oceans, and large-scale research projects using ocean drilling archives (Scientific Projects using Ocean Drilling Archives or SPARCs). Scientist activities are managed by the IODP3 Programme Member Offices.
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