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- The Ocean Drilling Program at Texas A & M University is funded by the U.S.
National Science Foundation and 22 international partners (JOIDES) to conduct
basic research into the history of the ocean basins and the overall nature of
the crust beneath the ocean floor using the scientific drill ship JOIDES
Resolution. Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc. (JOI), a group of 18 U.S.
institutions, is the Program Manager. Texas A&M University, College of
Geosciences is the Science Operator. Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory provides Logging Services and administers the Site Survey Data
Bank.
Website: "http://www-odp.tamu.edu/"
Summary provided by Texas A & M University.]
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