ACCESS Drilling Samples & data
What secrets are hidden in the hundreds of kilometres of core collected over decades of international scientific drilling programs?
What research questions wait to be answered?
A wide range of legacy samples and data are available for study, from thousands of key drill sites across the globe.
Researchers from ANZIC member institutions can access a vast bank of physical samples, stored in repositories.
Sub-seafloor microbiological samples are also available on request, along with more than 20,000 microfossil samples.
Data portals provide access to data and information related to scientific drilling. Member institutions can also access comprehensive digital site survey and ship-board data from IODP expeditions.
Several programs provide funding to support studies of this vast library of core, samples and data.
From the ocean:
IODP legacy samples and data
Samples and data from drilling beneath the world ocean with IODP (and previous programs) are available through a range of portals, listed below.
A great place to start is this excellent and comprehensive guide to what’s available and how to access it – created by Laurel Childress (JRSO).
There is also a slide deck about requesting samples from the Kochi Core repository in Japan.
● IODP website
● Site survey data bank
● Scientific Earth Drilling Information System (SEDIS): IODP maintains this integrated data and publications portal with sophisticated search capabilities facilitating access to data and information related to scientific ocean drilling, regardless of the origin or location of the data.
● Micropaleontological Reference Centres provide a scientific collection of over 20,000 microfossils
● JR data
● Expedition data on Zenodo
● IODP-BCR Data Portal
● Ocean Drilling Stratigraphic Network
● iCORDS
● LILY database contains lithological information of core from expeditions between 2009 and 2019
● Neptune Sandbox Berlin
● Open Core Data – discovery tool for basic core data
● Magnetics Information Consortium (paleomagnetics and rock magnetics)
● EarthChem Portal – geochemistry data
● ISGN – a sample registry including core samples
See IODP’s Sample, Data, and Obligations Policy and Implementation
From the continents:
ICDP legacy samples and data
Samples and data from drilling into Earth’s continents and lakes with ICDP are available through the ICDP Repositories.
