Core Samples
Sample Requests
Please review the appropriate policy before requesting samples.
If you are not a member of the science party for recent expeditions, please check the sample moratorium dates.
Samples from all Expeditions
Sample and Data Request (SaDR)
Notice IODP sample requests are still being accepted but completion and shipment of requests may be delayed due to COVID-19. For the current status of each IODP core repository, contact the repository curator.
Bremen Core Repository: bcr@marum.de
Gulf Coast Repository: curator@iodp.tamu.edu
Rutgers/NJGS Repository: jvb@rutgers.edu
Kochi Core Center: curator@jamstec.go.jp
The following resources are available to help you with your sample requests:
- DSDP Permanent Archive List (PDF, Excel)
- ODP Permanent Archive List (PDF, Excel)
- GCR whole thin section images in plane and cross polarized light
- GCR working half core section images after most recent sampling
- GCR microbiology sample inventory
- KCC Frozen (–86°C) microbiology archive samples