2006, Oceanography 19(4):174–176, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2006.16

Mission-Specific Platforms for the
Integrated Ocean Drilling Program

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Dan Evans | European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD) Science Operator (ESO), British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, UK

Gilbert Camoin | Centre Européen de Recherche et d'Enseignement des Géosciences de l'Environnement, Europole Mediterranéen de l'Arbois, Aix-en-Provence, France

David McInroy | ESO, British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, UK

Alister Skinner | ESO, British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, UK

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Since the inception of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) and during the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP), scien-tific ocean drilling has been almost wholly confined to outer-shelf water depths or greater, and there was no capability to drill in ice-covered waters. Consequently, a wide range of targets and environments were inaccessible to scientists. As a clear scientific demand developed to obtain cores from more difficult environments, coring platforms other than those traditionally used by DSDP and ODP were required to achieve scientific goals.

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Evans, D., G. Camoin, D. McInroy, and A. Skinner. 2006. Mission-specific platforms for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program. Oceanography 19(4):174–176, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2006.16.

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