Records, 1961-1987, bulk 1966-1987.

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Records, 1961-1987, bulk 1966-1987.

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In 1966 with NSF funding, the Deep Sea Drilling Project was operated at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The records in this accession document the operation of this Project. The records include documentation of Joint Oceanographic Institutions Deep Earth Sampling (JOIDES) and Joint Oceanographic Institutions Incorporated (JOI), Inc., contracts and subcontracts, proposals, program plans, correspondence, safety reviews, leg files, radio messages, deck logs of R/V Glomar Challenger, records of the Operations and Engineering Office, records of project managers and chief scientists (including Melvin Peterson), documentation of instrumentation design, documentation of cruise staffing and DSDP personnel, press releases, photographs and other material.

15 tubes (oversized drawings and charts)

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Library. Archives.

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Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling

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Deep sea drilling project

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As early as 1957 earth scientists discussed the possiblity of drilling a hole through oceanic crust to the Mohorovicic discontinuity. The project became known as the Mohole Project and was supported by the National Science Foundation. The first hole was drilled in 1961. The Mohole Project was terminated in 1966. In 1964, a consortium of oceanographic institutions, the Joint Oceanographic Institutions Deep Earth Sampling (JOIDES) was formed, and in 1965 the group submitted a proposal to NSF to dr...

National Science Foundation (U.S.)

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