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Scientific Ocean Drilling – Legacy Data

Over the more than 50 years of scientific ocean drilling, programmatic data has been collected for hundreds of legs/expeditions.

Summary of SOD Core and Data Access (opens in a new tab)
This interactive PDF offers an overview of how to access data, cores, and publications.


Shipboard Data Quick Links

IODP

JOIDES Resolution:
LIMS(opens in a new tab) (Expeditions 301, 312, and 317 - 403)
Janus(opens in a new tab) (Expeditions 302 - 311)

Mission Specific Platforms (MSP):
Portal for MSP Expedition Data (opens in a new tab)
Pangaea (opens in a new tab)

Chikyu:
Chikyu IODP Data Web Site (opens in a new tab)
JAMSTEC SIO Site (opens in a new tab)

ODP

Janus(opens in a new tab) (JOIDES Resolution; Legs 100 - 210)

DSDP

NOAA NCEI(opens in a new tab) (Glomar Challenger; Legs 1 - 96)

Special Data Types

Site Survey Data

IODP: Site Survey Data Bank(opens in a new tab) (SSDB)
ODP: Legacy Site Survey Data Bank(opens in a new tab) (SSDB)

Logging Data

LogDB(opens in a new tab) (LDEO-Columbia University)
Zenodo (opens in a new tab)

Core Images

Globus(opens in a new tab): high-resolution linescan, core table, thin section, and close-up images of DSDP, ODP, and IODP.