Repository Collections
All Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP), Ocean Drilling Program (ODP), Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), and International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) cores are stored in three repositories based on the geographic distribution shown on the map. Sample information can be obtained from the LIMS database.
Gulf Coast Repository
DSDP Legs: 1, 4 (Sites 29–31), 5, 6 (Sites 44–52, 55–59), 7–10, 15–18, 19 (Sites 183, 192–193), 20, 21 (Site 204), 28 (Sites 268–274), 29 (Sites 275–279), 30 (Sites 288–289), 32–35, 54–55, 61–70, 77, 83–86, 88–89, 90 (Site 594), 91–92, 96
ODP Legs: 100, 111–113, 119 (Sites 739–744), 124 (Site 777), 129, 130, 132 (Site 810), 136–148, 165, 167–170, 178, 181, 185, 188, 191 (Site 1179), 192, 197–206
IODP1 Exp: 301, 308–312, 317, 318, 320–321, 324, 327, 329, 330, 334, 335, 340, 341, 344, 345
IODP2 Exp: 364, 372, 374, 375, 378, 379, 383, 385, 389*
The Gulf Coast Repository (GCR) is located at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA. The repository houses cores from the Pacific Ocean (Pacific plate east of western boundary), the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, and the Southern Ocean (south of 60° except Kerguelen Plateau).
To contact the staff of this repository:
E-mail: curator@iodp.tamu.edu,Telephone: 979-845-5056,
Fax: 979-845-0876, or
Write to: Curator
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
Texas A&M University
1000 Discovery Drive
College Station TX 77845-9547
USA
Rutgers Core Repository
ODP Legs: 150X, 174AX
The Rutgers/NJGS Core Repository is a satellite repository of the GCR and houses New Jersey and Delaware land-based cores.
Bremen Core Repository
DSDP Legs: 2–4 (Sites 23-28), 11–14, 36–53, 71–76, 78–82, 93–95
ODP Legs: 101, 103–110, 114, 149–164, 166, 171–173, 174A (Sites 1071–1073), 175, 177, 188, 207–210
IODP1 Exp: 302–307, 313, 325, 336, 339, 342, 347
IODP2 Exp: 357, 381, 382, 390/390C/395E/393*, 391/397T, 384/395C/395*, 396, 397, 398, 399*, 400*, 401*, 402*, 403*
The Bremen Core Repository (BCR) is located at the University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany. The repository houses cores collected from the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans (north of the Bering Strait) and the Mediterranean, Black, and Baltic Seas.
To contact the staff of this repository:
E-mail: bcr@marum.de,Telephone: 49-421-218-65566,
Fax: 49-421-218-65565, or
Write to: Holger Kuhlmann
IODP Core Repository
MARUM - University Bremen
Leobener Str
28359 Bremen
Germany
Kochi Core Center
DSDP Legs: 6 (Sites 53–54, 60), 19 (Sites 184–191), 21 (Sites 203, 205–210), 22–27, 28 (Sites 264–267), 29 (Sites 280–284), 30 (Sites 285–287), 31, 56–60, 87, 90
ODP Legs: 115–118, 119 (Sites 736–738, 745), 120–128, 131, 132 (Site 809), 133–135, 176, 178–180, 182, 183, 184, 186, 187 (Sites 1152, 1155–1164), 189–190, 191 (Sites 1180–1182), 193–196
IODP1 Exp: 314–316, 319, 322–323, 331, 333, 337, 343, 346, 348
IODP2 Exp: 349–356, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 365, 366, 367/368/368X, 369, 370, 371, 376, 380, 386, 392, 405*
The Kochi Core Center (KCC) is located at Kochi University, Kochi, Japan. The repository houses cores from the Pacific Ocean (west of western boundary of Pacific plate), the Indian Ocean (north of 60°), all of Kerguelen Plateau, and the Bering Sea.
To contact the staff of this repository:
E-mail: curator@jamstec.go.jp,Telephone: 81-88-878-2241,
Fax: 81-88-878-2192, or
Write to: Curator
Kochi Core Center
200 Monobe-otsu
Nankoku
Kochi 783-8502
Japan
* Expeditions under moratorium.