Deep Sea Drilling Project and Google Earth

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM GLOMAR CHALLENGER June 24, 1966, that the Prime Contract between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and The Regents, University of California was signed. This contract began Phase I of the DSDP, which was based out of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego

Success of the Glomar Challenger was almost immediate. On Leg 1 Site 2 under a water depth of 1067 m (3500 ft), core samples revealed the existence of salt domes. – The potential of oil beneath deep ocean salt domes remains an important avenue for commercial development today. One of the most important discoveries was made during Leg 3. The crew drilled 17 holes at 10 different sites along a oceanic ridge between South America and Africa. – The core samples retrieved provided definitive proof for continental drift and seafloor renewal at rift zones.

Cores are currently stored at three IODP repositories in the USA, Germany, and Japan.IODP repositories – One half of each core is called the archive half and is preserved for future scientists. – The working half of each core is used to provide samples for ongoing scientific research.

High quality digital photos of the drill core are archived at: eneral/dbtable.cgi?subset=ODP eneral/dbtable.cgi?subset=ODP

Getting this drill data into Google Earth These instructions are found in the Google Earth discussion folder

To experience this new IODP web-based program, follow these easy steps: 1. Download and Install Google Earth into your computer. 2. Set Google Earth to open in “GL Mode.” 3. Add the IODP web-based program: a) Use Google Earth’s top menu to select Add – Network Link. b) Customize the “Name” of the link (e.g. “IODP Boreholes”).

c) Copy and paste the following link sapporo.org/google/data/iodp.kml into the “Link” field. sapporo.org/google/data/iodp.kml d) Hit OK. e) Under Google Earth Places, check the named link you added to become active.

Wait 10 to 15 seconds for Google Earth to start loading data. When the process is complete, the locations of boreholes drilled during DSDP, ODP, and IODPS will be shown on the map.

CLICKING ON THE DOTS WILL LINK YOU TO THE DATA ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PARTICULAR DRILL HOLE

ACTIVITY Expeditions (left menu) > ODP Legacy (bottom of page) > Scientific Results (top of page) > Greatest Hits > Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary meteorite impact. RECORDS OF THE APOCALYPSE: ODP DRILLS THE K/T BOUNDARY (ODP Leg 171B; PI: Richard D. Norris, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) res/Greatest_Hits/Events/Norris.pdf res/Greatest_Hits/Events/Norris.pdf

DISCOVERY OF A Cu-Au-Zn SULFIDE DEPOSIT FORMING ON THE SEAFLOOR (ODP Leg 193; PIs: Fernando Barriga, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Ray Binns, CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining, Australia; Jay Miller, Texas A&M University, USA) > Expeditions (left menu) > ODP Legacy (bottom of page) > Scientific Results (top of page) > Greatest Hits > Treasure in the Making reatest_Hits2/barriga.pdf reatest_Hits2/barriga.pdf

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