Deep Sea Drilling Programme

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Deep Sea Drilling Programme (DSDP) An international programme initiated in 1963, which resulted in more than 500 boreholes being drilled in the sea bed of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea. Until 1975, the programme was financed mainly by the National Science Foundation of America, but subsequently it has received support from the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, Japan, and the USSR. The managing institution was the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, and the drilling ship used was the Glomar Challenger. The programme evolved into the more ambitious International Programme of Ocean Drilling (IPOD) and now the Ocean Drilling Programme (ODP).

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY

DSDP

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DSDP See DEEP SEA DRILLING PROGRAMME.

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY

DSDP

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DSDP Deep-Sea Drilling Project

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH