Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling
Joint Oceanographic Institutions for Deep Earth Sampling (JOIDES) The original deep-sea drilling programme. This evolved into the Deep Sea Drilling Programme (DSDP) and then the International Programme of Ocean Drilling (IPOD).
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