From sample request submission to receipt ofsamples (SAC, Sample Allocation Committee)

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INTERNATIONAL OCEANDISCOVERY PROGRAM

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on IODP website

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to submita samplerequestA Guide to AccessCore Samples

Request evaluation
by SAC/Curator
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Dispatch samples
to the requester

IODP Sample, Data, and Obligations Policy
Anyone who receives IODP core samples is obliged to follow theIODP policy for publication and reporting of the results, outreachand education achieved from the samples. The main points of thepolicy are to : 1) encourage scientific analyses across variousdisciplines, 2) preserve core material for future description andobservations, nondestructive analyses, and sampling, and 3)
support education and outreach by providing core materials toeducators, museums, and outreach institutions. This and other
IODP policies are available on the website http://www.iodp.org/
policies-and-guidelines

ContactCuratorKochi Core Center
200 Monobe Otsu, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8502
JAPANEmail : curator@jamstec.go.jp
website : http://www.kochi-core.jp

Kochi Core CenterCores are available @ KCC from following Expeditions/LegsCore curation

IODP Sample request

To facilitate distribution of core samples to scientists belonging tovarious disciplines, and to educators, museums and outreach
institutions, and to preserve the integrity of the remaining
samples for future use, core curation is an important service forthe community. At the Kochi Core Center (KCC) located in
Nankoku, Kochi, Japan, curation service for the International
Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) cores began in July 2007.

The cores collected from the world’s oceans under the IODP are
currently stored in three IODP core repositories: KCC, BCR(Bremen Core Repository, Germany), and GCR (Gulf Coast
Repository, USA) depending upon the oceanic areas covered bythese repositories as shown in the world map below. Core
samples from these repositories can be obtained by submitting a‘sample request’ through the website http://www.iodp.org/
resources/access-data-and-samples. This website provides
many useful links related to sample request submission.

As a result of core redistribution among the IODP core
repositories, the KCC received a large amount of the cores
collected from the western Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean.
These cores are better known as the Legacy cores, and werecollected under the Deep Sea Drilling Program (DSDP) andOcean Drilling Program (ODP). The KCC has also received theNanTroSEIZE and other IODP cores collected by the scientificdrilling vessels Chikyu, JOIDES Resolution and MSP.
This pamphlet describes the process for requesting the Legacyand IODP core samples for scientific and educational purposes.

(Status, July. 2016)

Sample requester is recommended to consult the SEDIS
database through the above mentioned website in order to get an
idea about what all data and publications are already available
based on the core samples to be requested. Requester is also
advised to get familiar with the IODP Sample, Data, andObligations policy, which requires that the data obtained fromanalyses of the IODP core samples be made publically open inabout 3 years time after receiving the samples. The samples areprovided free of cost.

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Bering Sea

19 (184-191), 323 (1339-1345)

Core length(m)6440

Red Sea

231407

Japan Sea

127, 128, 346

9372

Japan Trench56, 57, 87 (584), 186, 337, 343

4463

S. China Sea

124 ( 772, 773, 775 ) , 184, 349

7153

PhilippineSea

6 (53, 54, 60), 31, 58-60, 87(582, 583), 125, 126, 131, 132(809), 190, 195, 196, 314-316,319, 322, 331, 333, 338, 348,350, 351, 352

19975

Oceania

21 (203, 205-210), 29 (280-284),
30 (285-287), 90 (587-593), 133135, 180, 189, 193, 194, 325

24485

IndianOcean

22, 24-28, 115-118, 119 (736738, 745, 746), 120-123, 176,179, 182-183, 187, 353-355, 360

37974

Sulu Sea

124 (767, 770)

803

Celebes Sea

124 (768, 769, 771)

1320

A sample request consists of a brief description of yourresearch and/or education plan and your contact information
including the contact information of your collaborators. Afteryou submit the sample request, it will be evaluated by the SAC(Sample Allocation Committee) or curatorial staff for the appropriateness of your research and /or education plan, the volume,frequency, availability of the samples, your performance related
to previous sample requests, etc. The curatorial staff may
contact you to discuss the content of your request. If yourrequest is approved, you are welcome to visit the KCC andconduct sampling by yourself. Otherwise, the samples will betaken by curatorial staff, and sent to you via a courier service.
A core section (190-1174B-73R-5) collected from offshore
Muroto (Japan) showing features of décollement in the Nankai
accretionary Prism.