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Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling [2 records]

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Record 1 2007-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Oceanography
OBS

In 1964, a consortium of oceanographic institutions, the Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling (JOIDES) was formed, and in 1965 the group submitted a proposal to NSF [National Science Foundation] to drill sediments and shallow basement rocks in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and adjacent seas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Océanographie
OBS

Le projet JOIDES (Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling). Un projet initié en août 1968 et financé par la NSF (National Science Foundation, USA). Il s'agissait d'un forage dans le golfe du Mexique, sous 3580 m d'eau, à partir du Glomar Challenger [...]

Key term(s)
  • Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

In 1964, four institutions (Scripps Institution of Oceanography - University of California, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - Columbia University, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science - University of Miami, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) joined together to form the Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling (JOIDES). This became a national effort to explore the geological and geophysical structure of the sea floor through a systematic program of ocean drilling, the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
Key term(s)
  • Programme conjoint d'échantillonnage en profondeur de la croûte terrestre, des institutions océanographiques

Spanish

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