Kochi Core Center

Kochi Core Center (KCC) houses one of the 3 Inernationational Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) core repositories, accompanied by images and x-ray CT scanning data viewable by the Virtual Core Library. And it hosts Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) marine core samples and associated analytical data for general scientific or educational uses, after 2 years have passed since collection of core samples.

科奇核心中心（KCC）是三个国际海洋发现计划（IODP）核心存储库之一，配备有可通过虚拟核心图书馆查看的图像和X射线CT扫描数据。此外，该中心还收藏了日本海洋地球科学技术机构（JAMSTEC）的海洋核心样本及其相关的分析数据，这些数据可用于科学或教育目的，自采集核心样本之日起两年后即可使用。