Records, 1961-1987, bulk 1966-1987.

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Deep Sea Drilling Project. Records, 1961-1987, bulk 1966-1987.

Records, 1961-1987, bulk 1966-1987.

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As early as 1957 earth scientists discussed the possibility of drilling a hole through oceanic crust to the Mohorovicic discontinuity. This 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 drill sediments and shallow basement rocks in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and adjacent seas. In 1966 with NSF funding, the Deep Sea Drilling Project was operated at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. In January 1967, SIO signed a contract with the National Science Foundation to manage the drilling program. By March 1987 the project had expended over $226 million dollars. The Deep Sea Drilling Project contract ended in 1987 and drilling operations were moved to Texas A&M. The records in this accession document the operation of the Deep Sea Drilling Project at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The records include documentation of JOIDES and 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, documentation of instrumentation design, documentation of cruise staffing and DSDP personnel, press releases, photographs and other material.

447.25 linear ft. + 15 tubes, oversize drawings and charts

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