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CORE School

CORE (COres for Research and Education) School is an annual five-day workshop hosted by the Gulf Coast Repository (GCR). The overarching goal of CORE School is to provide a mechanism to maintain expertise in scientific ocean drilling methods and subseafloor core analysis.

Additional goals of the workshop include:

  • Improving knowledge in scientific ocean drilling methods,
  • Increasing awareness of the scientific potential of legacy cores,
  • Training a new generation of scientists in the analytical techniques available,
  • Providing training on data analysis and correlation of different data sets,
  • Providing networking opportunities for early career scientists and geosciences faculty, and
  • Possibly identifying potential topics for legacy projects and drilling proposals.

The workshop includes the collection of new data using the instrumentation of the GCR and the exploration of related legacy data and the integration of legacy and newly collected data.

For information on the next CORE School see GCR Upcoming Workshops.

CORE School 2025

July 14 - 18, 2025
Instructors: Samantha Bova, Suzanne OConnell, Robert Hatfield, Peter Blum