{"id":11601,"date":"2020-05-26T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?post_type=research_project&#038;p=11601"},"modified":"2024-02-09T12:53:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T12:53:22","slug":"seafloor-scientific-ocean-drilling","status":"publish","type":"research_project","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/seafloor-scientific-ocean-drilling\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea floor: scientific ocean drilling"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Sea floor: scientific ocean drilling<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS Research<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/seafloor-scientific-ocean-drilling\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Sea%20floor:%20scientific%20ocean%20drilling&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/seafloor-scientific-ocean-drilling\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/seafloor-scientific-ocean-drilling\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Sea%20floor:%20scientific%20ocean%20drilling&#038;body=Since%202003,%20BGS%20have%20implemented%20several%20high%20profile%20expeditions%20for%20the%20European%20Consortium%20for%20Ocean%20Research%20Drilling%20(ECORD).%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/seafloor-scientific-ocean-drilling\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/seafloor-scientific-ocean-drilling\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marine_drilling_banner2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur hero-img\" alt=\"marine drilling rig\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marine_drilling_banner2.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>BGS provides operations and science management for major scientific ocean-drilling projects. Since 2003, we have implemented several high-profile expeditions for the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecord.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling<\/a> (ECORD), under the auspices of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iodp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Ocean Discovery Program<\/a> (IODP). We work closely with our partners within the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecord.org\/about-ecord\/management-structure\/eso\/\" target=\"_blank\">ECORD Science Operator<\/a> (ESO), a consortium comprising:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>BGS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Bremen: Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Leicester: geophysics and borehole research group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Montpellier: transfers in porous media team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"owl-carousel carousel-primary-color carousel owl-theme thumbs-carousel-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marine_drilling_Keinonen.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;IODP Expedition 302: Arctic coring expedition, 2004. The drillship &lt;em&gt;Vidar Viking&lt;\/em&gt;\u00a0(yellow) remains in position for coring and logging, while the\u00a0&lt;em&gt;Oden&lt;\/em&gt;\u00a0(blue) and\u00a0&lt;em&gt;Sovetskiy Soyuz&lt;\/em&gt; (red) defend the drillship from moving ice, 2004. \u00a9 Arno Keinonen.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_97092\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marine_drilling_Keinonen-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Three ships, one yellow, one red and one blue, float in an icy sea surrounded by fractured sea ice floes\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>IODP Expedition 302: Arctic coring expedition, 2004. The drillship <em>Vidar Viking<\/em>\u00a0(yellow) remains in position for coring and logging, while the\u00a0<em>Oden<\/em>\u00a0(blue) and\u00a0<em>Sovetskiy Soyuz<\/em> (red) defend the drillship from moving ice, 2004. \u00a9 Arno Keinonen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marine_drilling_Keinonen.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;IODP Expedition 302: Arctic coring expedition, 2004. The drillship &lt;em&gt;Vidar Viking&lt;\/em&gt;\u00a0(yellow) remains in position for coring and logging, while the\u00a0&lt;em&gt;Oden&lt;\/em&gt;\u00a0(blue) and\u00a0&lt;em&gt;Sovetskiy Soyuz&lt;\/em&gt; (red) defend the drillship from moving ice, 2004. \u00a9 Arno Keinonen.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_97092\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marine_drilling_DPHunter-.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;The drillship\u00a0&lt;em&gt;DP Hunter&lt;\/em&gt;\u00a0during IODP Expedition 310: Tahiti sea level, 2005\u20132006. The &lt;em&gt;DP Hunter&lt;\/em&gt; cored the shallow reefs around Tahiti to gather new data on the paleoceanographic evolution of the tropics as recorded in coral reefs located in tectonically inactive areas. BGS conducted a sister expedition in 2010 on the Great Barrier Reef (IODP Expedition 325). \u00a9 ECORD\/IODP.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_97092\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marine_drilling_DPHunter--960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"IODP Drillship DP Hunter\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>The drillship\u00a0<em>DP Hunter<\/em>\u00a0during IODP Expedition 310: Tahiti sea level, 2005\u20132006. The <em>DP Hunter<\/em> cored the shallow reefs around Tahiti to gather new data on the paleoceanographic evolution of the tropics as recorded in coral reefs located in tectonically inactive areas. BGS conducted a sister expedition in 2010 on the Great Barrier Reef (IODP Expedition 325). \u00a9 ECORD\/IODP.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marine_drilling_DPHunter-.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;The drillship\u00a0&lt;em&gt;DP Hunter&lt;\/em&gt;\u00a0during IODP Expedition 310: Tahiti sea level, 2005\u20132006. The &lt;em&gt;DP Hunter&lt;\/em&gt; cored the shallow reefs around Tahiti to gather new data on the paleoceanographic evolution of the tropics as recorded in coral reefs located in tectonically inactive areas. BGS conducted a sister expedition in 2010 on the Great Barrier Reef (IODP Expedition 325). \u00a9 ECORD\/IODP.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_97092\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marine_drilling_rd2.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Launching of the BGS Rockdrill 2 (RD2) during IODP Expedition 357: Atlantis Massif serpentinisation and life, 2015. This was the first IODP expedition to deploy sea-floor drill technology. Two drills were deployed at various times during the expedition, the BGS RD2 and the MARUM MeBo70. \u00a9 David Smith, ECORD\/IODP.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_97092\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marine_drilling_rd2-960x553.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"seafloor drilling RD2\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Launching of the BGS Rockdrill 2 (RD2) during IODP Expedition 357: Atlantis Massif serpentinisation and life, 2015. This was the first IODP expedition to deploy sea-floor drill technology. Two drills were deployed at various times during the expedition, the BGS RD2 and the MARUM MeBo70. \u00a9 David Smith, ECORD\/IODP.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marine_drilling_rd2.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Launching of the BGS Rockdrill 2 (RD2) during IODP Expedition 357: Atlantis Massif serpentinisation and life, 2015. This was the first IODP expedition to deploy sea-floor drill technology. Two drills were deployed at various times during the expedition, the BGS RD2 and the MARUM MeBo70. \u00a9 David Smith, ECORD\/IODP.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_97092\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marine_drilling_viewfromabove.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Expedition cores laid out in the IODP Bremen Core Repository, MARUM, University of Bremen, during IODP Expedition 381: Corinth active rift development, 2017\u20132018. The cores were readied to be processed, analysed and sampled in the nearby laboratories by the international science party. \u00a9 ECORD\/IODP.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_97092\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marine_drilling_viewfromabove-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"marine_drilling_viewfromabove\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Expedition cores laid out in the IODP Bremen Core Repository, MARUM, University of Bremen, during IODP Expedition 381: Corinth active rift development, 2017\u20132018. The cores were readied to be processed, analysed and sampled in the nearby laboratories by the international science party. \u00a9 ECORD\/IODP.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marine_drilling_viewfromabove.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Expedition cores laid out in the IODP Bremen Core Repository, MARUM, University of Bremen, during IODP Expedition 381: Corinth active rift development, 2017\u20132018. The cores were readied to be processed, analysed and sampled in the nearby laboratories by the international science party. \u00a9 ECORD\/IODP.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_97092\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marine_drilling_core.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Images of the split surface of a core collected at about 1215 m below sea floor from IODP Expedition 364: Chicxulub impact crater, 2016. The cores are made of granite, which has been severely damaged by the shockwave generated by an asteroid impact 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period (now linked to the demise of the dinosaurs). The impact moved these rocks 20 to 30&amp;nbsp;km in about 10 minutes before emplacement in their current location.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Image from &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14379\/iodp.proc.364.2017&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;IODP Expedition 364 Scientists&lt;\/a&gt; (2017): Core overview images of IODP Hole 364-M0077A.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_97092\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marine_drilling_core-960x497.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"marine_drilling_core\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Images of the split surface of a core collected at about 1215 m below sea floor from IODP Expedition 364: Chicxulub impact crater, 2016. The cores are made of granite, which has been severely damaged by the shockwave generated by an asteroid impact 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period (now linked to the demise of the dinosaurs). The impact moved these rocks 20 to 30&amp;nbsp;km in about 10 minutes before emplacement in their current location.<\/p>\n<p>Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14379\/iodp.proc.364.2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IODP Expedition 364 Scientists<\/a> (2017): Core overview images of IODP Hole 364-M0077A.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marine_drilling_core.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Images of the split surface of a core collected at about 1215 m below sea floor from IODP Expedition 364: Chicxulub impact crater, 2016. The cores are made of granite, which has been severely damaged by the shockwave generated by an asteroid impact 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period (now linked to the demise of the dinosaurs). The impact moved these rocks 20 to 30&amp;nbsp;km in about 10 minutes before emplacement in their current location.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Image from &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/doi.org\/10.14379\/iodp.proc.364.2017&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;IODP Expedition 364 Scientists&lt;\/a&gt; (2017): Core overview images of IODP Hole 364-M0077A.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_97092\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<p>As part of the ESO partnership, we support the global geoscientific community in their efforts to address the challenges outlined in the IODP Science Plan: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>climate and ocean change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>biosphere frontiers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earth connections<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earth in motion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We coordinate the ESO partnership. We design, build and manage offshore scientific drilling operations and provide coring expertise and operational oversight. Additionally, we provide procurement services, coordinate permitting and expedition scoping efforts, manage the science party and science outputs, and manage expedition outreach activities. Our consortium partners provide expertise, facilities and services for the curation, databasing, archiving and analysis of collected cores and samples, the acquisition of IODP standard measurements, and downhole logging services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With our partners, we have implemented a series of eight \u2018mission-specific platform\u2019 IODP expeditions using a diverse range of vessels, including geotechnical vessels and self-raising lift boats with temporary drill rigs, multipurpose drilling vessels, and research ships equipped with robotic sea-floor drill rigs provided by BGS and MARUM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have carried out scientific drilling from the ice fields\nof the central Arctic Ocean to the barrier reefs of the South Pacific, drilling in water depths of less than 20&nbsp;m to over 1.5&nbsp;km. We have recovered over 6.6&nbsp;km of core material from diverse lithologies including fossil corals that reveal\nthe paleoceanographic evolution of the tropics; highly deformed, biosphere-hosting altered ultramafics from the central Atlantic Ocean, and a near-continuous lithological record from the Chicxulub impact crater in the Gulf of Mexico. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cores and data that we gather are analysed by the expedition science parties, and later by the wider IODP community, to meet a wide range of scientific objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IODP expeditions implemented by BGS and partners within ESO are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Expedition 302: Arctic coring expedition, 2004<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expedition 310: Tahiti sea level, 2005\u20132006<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expedition 313: New Jersey shallow shelf, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expedition 325: Great Barrier Reef environmental changes, 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expedition 347: Baltic Sea paleoenvironment, 2013\u20132014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expedition 357: Atlantis Massif, 2015\u20132016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expedition 364: Chicxulub impact crater, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expedition 381: Corinth active rift development, 2017\u20132018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relatives\">\n\t\t\t\t<h5>Relative topics<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/tag\/iodp\/\" class=\"button primary-background\">iodp<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/tag\/marine-geoscience\/\" class=\"button primary-background\">marine geoscience<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<section id=\"related-apps-6358-block_8e956eac0c2769b3f87b9de144eb1b8c\" class=\"grid-section  basic-background-1   \" >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>You may also be interested 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geoscience<\/a><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/sea-floor-marine-geoscience\/\">Show more<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards  cards-find-more  cards-orizontal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.bgs.ac.uk\/icdp\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/feature_ICDP-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"International Continental Scientific Drilling Programme\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/feature_ICDP.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Research<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.bgs.ac.uk\/icdp\/\"  target=\"_blank\">International Continental Scientific Drilling Programme<\/a><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.bgs.ac.uk\/icdp\/\">Show more<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cards  cards-find-more  cards-orizontal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/marine-geoscience-data-management\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/feature_Vibrocore-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Vibrocore\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/feature_Vibrocore.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>National Geoscience Data Centre (NGDC)<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/marine-geoscience-data-management\/\" >Marine geoscience data management<\/a><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/national-geoscience-data-centre\/ngdc-data-management\/marine-geoscience-data-management\/\">Show more<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<section  style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/News-events-scaled.jpg')\" id=\"latest-content-3249-block_30f1b67ec842b0b473df463e29c2d030\" class=\"cards-carousel-section  basic-background-1   \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Related news<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 owl-carousel carousel-basic-2-color owl-theme carousel-js\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  press-release\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/bgs-awarded-research-grant-to-support-potential-offshore-wind-development-in-iceland\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/seabed-substrate-map.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Seabed substrate map of Iceland\u2019s marine areas has been compiled for the country\u00b4s first comprehensive seabed substrate data set and based on the available data points (&gt;3000) of seafloor samples (unpublished data by the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute of Iceland; Thors, 1978; Erlendsson et al., 2015, 2023). \u00a9 Iceland GeoSurvey.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/seabed-substrate-map.webp\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS news<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/bgs-awarded-research-grant-to-support-potential-offshore-wind-development-in-iceland\/\">BGS awarded research grant to support potential offshore wind development in Iceland<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>13\/05\/2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS has been awarded the NERC-Arctic grant for a collaboration project with the Iceland GeoSurvey.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/bgs-awarded-research-grant-to-support-potential-offshore-wind-development-in-iceland\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  press-release\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/scientists-produce-first-record-of-environmental-data-off-coast-of-hawaii-clone\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iodp-exp-389-science-party-members-150x150.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"IODP Expedition 389 science party members, including BGS&#039;s Margaret Stewart (second from right), discussing cores. Marley Parker @ ECORD_IODP.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iodp-exp-389-science-party-members.webp\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS news<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/scientists-produce-first-record-of-environmental-data-off-coast-of-hawaii-clone\/\">Scientists produce first record of environmental data off coast of Hawai\u2019i<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>01\/03\/2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An international team of researchers, including BGS geoscientists, have succeeded in acquiring a continuous record of environmental data using fossilised coral from Hawai\u2019i.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/scientists-produce-first-record-of-environmental-data-off-coast-of-hawaii-clone\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  bgs-blogs\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/in-photos-marine-surveying-a-remote-volcanic-island\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/P1038325-150x150.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rhys and Catriona with members of the AIG conservation team following setup of the survey equipment on board AIG boat Moray. \u00a9AIG\/Lorna.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/P1038325-960x640.webp\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS blogs<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/in-photos-marine-surveying-a-remote-volcanic-island\/\">In photos: marine surveying a remote volcanic island<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>14\/12\/2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A photo blog by members of the BGS Marine Survey team, who recently completed marine surveys around Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/in-photos-marine-surveying-a-remote-volcanic-island\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  press-release\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/bgs-completes-first-mapping-expedition-to-ascension-island\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/drone-boat-aig-150x150.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"The team on the boat in the shallow waters surrounding Ascension Island. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/drone-boat-aig.webp\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS news<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/bgs-completes-first-mapping-expedition-to-ascension-island\/\">BGS completes first mapping expedition to Ascension Island<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>11\/12\/2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS marine geoscientists travelled to Ascension Island to support its government with an ongoing, conservation-driven mapping programme. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/bgs-completes-first-mapping-expedition-to-ascension-island\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  press-release\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/industry-leading-data-sharing-partnership-announced\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/extract-from-offshore-yorkshire-map-960-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Extract from Offshore Yorkshire map showing folded and faulted Redcar Mudstone Formation with marine muds, sands and gravels. Bathymetry data acquired by the MCA \u00a9 Crown Copyright 2022\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/extract-from-offshore-yorkshire-map-960.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS news<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/industry-leading-data-sharing-partnership-announced\/\">Industry-leading data sharing partnership announced<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>02\/11\/2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A data sharing partnership has been agreed between BGS and Ossian, allowing BGS to advance its knowledge of the rock and soil conditions under the seabed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/industry-leading-data-sharing-partnership-announced\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  press-release\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/what-lies-beneath-loch-lomond\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3d-model-of-southern-and-central-basins-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"3D model of the southern and central basins. Contains Esri World Imagery basemap (Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community). Hillshade: NEXTMap Britain elevation data from Intermap Technologies. Bathymetry and seismic data: BGS \u00a9 UKRI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3d-model-of-southern-and-central-basins.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS news<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/what-lies-beneath-loch-lomond\/\">What lies beneath Loch Lomond?<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>17\/10\/2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS geoscientists have visualised what lies beneath the waves of Loch Lomond, revealing an image of the loch bed and various sedimentary features of the subsurface.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/what-lies-beneath-loch-lomond\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-read-more  event\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/geology-beneath-the-waves\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Seabed_geology_lecture_web-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Geology beneath the waves lecture\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Seabed_geology_lecture_web.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS events<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/geology-beneath-the-waves\/\">Geology beneath the waves: developing maps and models of the sea floor<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Event on 23\/11\/2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><p>A special webinar focusing on our cutting-edge sea floor mapping research and an exciting new project exploring the deepest reaches of the world&#8217;s oceans. A recording is now available. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/geology-beneath-the-waves\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  press-release\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/trans-pacific-transit-2023-deep-diving-ocean-partnership-sets-sail\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Recovering-the-Scientific-Landers-RV-Dagon-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Recovering the scientific landers on RV Dagon. \u00a9 Inkfish.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Recovering-the-Scientific-Landers-RV-Dagon.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS news<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/trans-pacific-transit-2023-deep-diving-ocean-partnership-sets-sail\/\">Trans-Pacific Transit 2023: deep-diving ocean partnership sets sail<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>04\/10\/2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS has joined a multidisciplinary research expedition to \u2018explore the unexplored\u2019 and fill in some of the biggest gaps in our knowledge of the oceans&#8217; darkest depths. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/trans-pacific-transit-2023-deep-diving-ocean-partnership-sets-sail\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  press-release\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/scientists-set-sail-to-investigate-high-resolution-sea-level-climate-and-coral-reef-records\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/on-deck-mma-valor-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Left to right: Luzie Schnieders (MARUM), Nancy Prouty (USGS), Hannah Grant (BGS) and Mary Mowat (BGS) on the deck as the MMA Valour sets sail. Photo credit MarleyParker@ECORD_IODP\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/on-deck-mma-valor.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS news<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/scientists-set-sail-to-investigate-high-resolution-sea-level-climate-and-coral-reef-records\/\">Scientists set sail to investigate high-resolution sea level, climate and coral reef records<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>25\/09\/2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS scientists are taking part in an expedition off Hawai&#8217;i to investigate sea-level changes recorded by ancient coral reefs.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/scientists-set-sail-to-investigate-high-resolution-sea-level-climate-and-coral-reef-records\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  press-release\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/new-seabed-geology-maps-for-offshore-yorkshire\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/luke-thornton-trDCOdllEJE-unsplash-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cliffs of white chalk rock topped with green grass jut out into the sea. There are radio masts at the edge of the cliff and a lighthouse slightly inland. 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