Ocean Drilling Program Participation

The Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) has been the largest cooperative marine geology program in history. The Australian Antarctic Division contributed to the Australian ODP budget while ODP was drilling in Antarctic or sub-Antarctic waters. Although initially related to ODP Leg 120 on Kerguelen Plateau (1988), the spirit of this project can also extend to Leg 188 (2000). These involvements have been primarily on foraminifera from the Cretaceous and Neogene but have also contributed to understanding of the sediments and changes of environment with time. A lot has been published and further papers are in press or in preparation. Leg 183 involvement was invited and turned down but Pat Quilty was then asked to present one paper on Late Cretaceous benthic foraminifera (published) and to act as external editor for the volume. This work is now almost final and is available on the WWW.Some sample data are available for download at the url below. For complete datasets, see the ODP website.The fields in this dataset are:SampleAccessoryDepth (metres below surface)SpeciesPlanktonic percentageBarren

大洋钻探计划（Ocean Drilling Program, ODP）是有史以来规模最大的合作性海洋地质研究计划。澳大利亚南极局（Australian Antarctic Division）在ODP于南极或亚南极水域开展钻探作业期间，承担了澳大利亚辖区内的ODP项目经费。
尽管该研究方向最初依托1988年凯尔盖朗海台（Kerguelen Plateau）的ODP第120航次展开，但其研究理念同样可延伸至2000年的第188航次。
本次研究主要聚焦于白垩纪与新近纪的有孔虫（foraminifera），同时也为学界理解沉积物特征及环境随时间的演化规律提供了重要支撑。目前已有大量研究成果正式发表，另有多篇论文处于待刊或撰写筹备阶段。
此前曾邀请团队参与第183航次的相关研究，但被婉拒；随后帕特·奎尔蒂（Pat Quilty）受邀提交一篇关于晚白垩世底栖有孔虫的论文（已发表），并担任该研究专辑的特约编辑。此项工作现已基本定稿，可通过万维网（WWW）公开获取。
部分样本数据可通过下述链接下载。如需获取完整数据集，请访问ODP官方网站。
本数据集包含以下字段：样本（Sample）、附属物（Accessory）、表层下深度（Depth (metres below surface)）、物种（Species）、浮游类占比（Planktonic percentage）、无生物碎屑（Barren）