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Technical Notes

IODP Technical Notes

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program

ISSN: 2332-9327


IODP Technical Note 1

IODP Digital Reference for Smear Slide Analysis of Marine Mud. Part 1: Methodology and Atlas of Siliciclastic and Volcanogenic Components (2013)

Description

Teaching tools (Atlas and tutorial) for learning to identify the siliciclastic and volcanogenic components of marine sediments as seen in smear slides. Includes detailed instructions on production of smear slides.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.2204/iodp.tn.1.2013

Citation

Marsaglia, K.M., Milliken, K., and Doran, L., 2013, Technical Note 1: Smear slides of marine mud for IODP Core Description: Part I Methodology and atlas of siliciclastic and volcanogenic components: International Ocean Discovery Program, 263 p. Technical Note 1, doi:10.2204/iodp.tn.1.2013, 263 p.


International Ocean Discovery Program

ISSN: 2768-3435


IODP Technical Note 2

IODP Smear Slide Digital Reference for Sediment Analysis of Marine Mud. Part 2: Methodology and Atlas of Biogenic Components (2015)

Description

A teaching tool for learning to identify the biogenic components of marine sediments as seen in smear slides. Includes detailed instructions on production of smear slides.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.tn.2.2015

Citation

Marsaglia, K., Milliken, K., Lecki, R., M., Tentori, D., Doran, L., 2015. IODP Smear Slide Digital Reference for Sediment Analysis of Marine Mud. Part 2: Methodology and Atlas of Biogenic Components. IODP (International Ocean Discovery Program) Technical Note 2. doi:10.14379/iodp.tn.2.2015, 382 p.


IODP Technical Note 3

ODP Core Photo Atlas (2015)

Description

A teaching tool illustrating the common lithologies and structures as seen in ODP cores, mainly marine sediments and rocks.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.tn.3.2015

Citation

Marsaglia, K., Shapiro, S., Doran, L., and Tentori, D., 2015, Technical Note 3: ODP Core Photo Atlas, International Ocean Discovery Program, 364 p. http://dx.doi.org/10.14379/iodp.tn.3.2015, 364 p.


IODP Technical Note 4

Recommendations for microbiological sampling and contamination tracer use aboard the JOIDES Resolution following 20 years of IODP deep biosphere research (2021)

Description

A guide to best practices for microbiological sampling in marine sediments.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.tn.4.2021

Citation

Sylvan, J.B., Estes, E.R., Bogus, K., Colwell, E.S., Orcutt, B.N., and Smith, D.C., 2021, Technical Note 4: Recommendations for microbiological sampling and contamination tracer use aboard the JOIDES Resolution following 20 years of IODP deep biosphere research. International Ocean Discovery Program. 16p.


IODP Technical Note 5

Practical Guide for Description and Analysis of Sedimentary Cores: Practices Developed aboard the JOIDES Resolution during ODP and IODP

Description

A guide to best practices for sedimentological core description based on experiences onboard the JOIDES Resolution during ODP, IODP, and IODP ocean drilling programs (approximately 1988–2022). This guide, together with Technical Notes 1, 2, and 3, describes the common sedimentological features of marine sediment and presents methodologies for collecting sedimentological data on marine sediment cores. The guide can be used for shipboard and shore-based data collection and also offers useful materials for classroom and laboratory study in educational settings.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.14379/iodp.tn.5.2023

Citation

Marsaglia, K.M., and Milliken, K.L, 2023, Technical Note 5: Handbook for Sedimentological Core Description: Shipboard and Shorebased: International Ocean Discovery Program, 83p.


Guide to Using Layered PDFs in Digital Petrography Tools

IODP Smear Slide Atlases (Technical Notes 1 and 2) present interactive content in a layered PDF format. To use the layers, the user opens the Layers panel from an icon (a stack of paper sheets) on the left side of the PDF window. With the panel fully open, layers can be toggled on and off. Not all images have content in more than one layer, though most include plane- and cross-polarized light images and scale grid overlays.

Since the construction of these teaching tools, options for PDF readers have expanded beyond the Adobe products, Acrobat, and Adobe Reader. Many of the newer PDF readers do not support a layered format. Although there is much content that can be accessed from the tutorial and atlases without the layers, a reader that is compatible with the layered format is needed obtain the full digital interactive atlas.