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Archive of Core and Site/Hole Data and Photographs from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: May 06, 2026 at 09:30 AM | Dataset Last Updated: August 21, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) operated the D/V GLOMAR CHALLENGER from 1968-1983, drilling 1,112 holes at 624 sites worldwide. The DSDP was funded by the US National Science Foundation and several foreign countries through the Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling (JOIDES), and was operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The DSDP data management group at SIO compiled a full suite of computerized marine geological and geophysical data files before they were disbanded in 1987, at which time the data files were transferred to NGDC and to the Ocean Drilling Program at Texas A&M University for distribution.In 1989, with support from, and in cooperation with, the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc., U.S. Science Support Program, NGDC produced two compact discs (CDROM) containing all computerized DSDP data. In 2000, all but the logging and geophysical data were re-released as 1 CD-ROM with an HTML interface. Data are available for free online download. In 2007, the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) transferred digital images of all core photographs and closeup core photographs in their collection to NGDC for archive. Due to their volume, these data are not available online, but are archived and available on request. The photo collections consists of 17,635 high-resolution TIFF files, volume 553.34 gigabytes.

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issued 1989-12-31T00:00:00.000+00:00
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                                            [
  "ODP/DSDP > Ocean Drilling Program/Deep Sea Drilling Program",
  "ICSU-WDS > International Council for Science - World Data System",
  "Deep Sea Drilling Project",
  "DSDP",
  "Scientific archives",
  "Electronic records",
  "Oceanography",
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  "Geology",
  "Submarine geology",
  "Marine sediments",
  "Marine geology",
  "Sea-floor characteristics",
  "Earth Science > OCEANS > Marine Geophysics > Marine Magnetics",
  "Earth Science > OCEANS > Marine Sediments > Sedimentation",
  "Earth Science > OCEANS > Marine Sediments > Sediment Composition",
  "Earth Science > OCEANS > Marine Sediments > Stratigraphic Sequence",
  "Earth Science > Paleoclimate > Ocean/Lake Records > Sediments",
  "Earth Science > PALEOCLIMATE > Ocean/Lake Records > Stratigraphic Sequence",
  "Earth Science > SOLID EARTH > Rocks/Minerals/Crystals > Age Determinations",
  "Earth Science > SOLID EARTH > Rocks/Minerals/Crystals > Bedrock Lithology",
  "Earth Science > SOLID EARTH > Rocks/Minerals/Crystals > Igneous Rocks",
  "Earth Science > SOLID EARTH > Rocks/Minerals/Crystals > Metamorphic Rocks",
  "Earth Science > SOLID EARTH > Rocks/Minerals/Crystals > Sedimentary Rocks",
  "Earth Science > SOLID EARTH > Geomagnetism > Paleomagnetism",
  "In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > Ships",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Photon/Optical Detectors > Cameras",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > Coring Devices",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > ROCK CORERS",
  "In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Corers > Sediment Corers",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC > National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "SOLID EARTH > CRUST",
  "Geographic Region > Global Ocean",
  "Vertical Location >Sea Floor"
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license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2013-08-21T00:00:00.000+00:00
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spatial 179.738,-77.442,-178.5,76.15
temporal 1968-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2000-12-31T00:00:00+00:00
title Archive of Core and Site/Hole Data and Photographs from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP)

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