International Ocean Discovery Program
UCL micropalaeontologists are extensively involved with the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP).
UCL micropalaeontologists are extensively involved with the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP).
Micropalaeontology is fundamental to the success of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) because microfossils are used to establish the ages of sea floor sediments as they are drilled, and as carriers of palaeoclimate information. UCL expertise has contributed to many exciting expeditions spanning all the world’s ocean basins:
Exp. 320, Pacific equatorial age transect 1, 2009 (Bown); Exp. 321, Pacific equatorial age transect, 2009 (Wade); Exp. 342, Paleogene Newfoundland sediment drifts, 2012 (Bown); Exp. 355, Arabian Sea Monsoon, 2015 (Routledge); Exp 359, Maldives Monsoon and Sea Level, 2015 (Young); Exp. 361, South African Climates, 2016 (Tangunan); Exp. 363, West Pacific Warm Pool, 2016 (Pearson/Poole/Drury); Exp. 371, Tasman Frontier Subduction Initiation and Paleogene Climate, 2017 (Newsam); Exp. 378, South Pacific Paleogene Climate, 2020 (Drury); Exp. 390, South Atlantic Transect 1, 2022 (Routledge); Exp. 393, South Atlantic Transect 2, 2022 (Latas); Exp. 395, Reykjanes Mantle Convection and Climate, 2023 (Pearson).
IODP Expeditions involving UCL Micropalaeontology:
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IODP Expeditions involving UCL Micropalaeontology. Click on the expedition patches to find out more about the scientific discoveries we have contributed to.
We also use material from IODP and its predecessors extensively in our research and teaching::
- Bridget Wade was previously one of the European Consortium of Ocean Drilling (ECORD) Distinguished Lecturers. Details