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Scientific Ocean Drilling: Accomplishments and Challenges (2011)

Chapter: A DSDP, ODP, and IODP Legs and Expeditions

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Suggested Citation: "A DSDP, ODP, and IODP Legs and Expeditions." National Research Council. 2011. Scientific Ocean Drilling: Accomplishments and Challenges. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13232.

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DSDP, ODP, and IODP Legs and Expeditions

TABLE A.1 Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) Leg Start and End Dates, Sites Drilled on Each Leg, and the Region Where Drilling Occurred.


Leg	Start Date	Knd Date	Sites	Region

1	20-Jul-68	23-Sep-68	1-7	Gulf of Mexico, western Atlantic, Bermuda Rise
2	1-Oct-68	24-Nov-68	8-12	North Atlantic Ocean
3	4-Dec-68	20-Jan-69	13-22	South Atlantic Ocean
4	27-Jan-69	21-Mar-69	23-31	Mid-Atlantic Ridge
5	12-Apr-69	5-Jun-69	32-43	Northeast Pacific Ocean
6	14-Jun-69	5-Aug-69	44-60	Mid-Oceanic Ridge
7	8-Aug-69	2-Oct-69	61-67	Western equatorial Pacific Ocean
8	10-Oct-69	27-Nov-69	68-75	East central equatorial Pacific Ocean
9	6-Dec-69	27-Jan-70	76-84	East Pacific Rise
10	13-Feb-70	5-Apr-70	85-97	Gulf of Mexico
11	8-Apr-70	1-Jun-70	98-110	Western North Atlantic Ocean
12	19-Jun-70	11-Aug-70	111-119	North Atlantic Ocean
13	13-Aug-70	6-Oct-70	120-134	The Mediterranean Ocean Basin
14	10-Oct-70	1-Dec-70	135-144	Continental margins off West Africa and South America
15	5-Dec-70	2-Feb-71	146-154	Caribbean Sea
16	2-Feb-71	30-Mar-71	155-163	Eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean
17	30-Mar-71	25-May-71	164-171	Central Pacific Ocean
18	29-May-71	20-Jul-71	172-182	Northeast Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Alaska
19	25-Jul-71	7-Sep-71	183-193	North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea
20	19-Sep-71	30-Oct-71	194-202	Western Pacific Ocean
21	9-Nov-71	11-Jan-72	203-210	Pacific east of Tonga Trench
22	21-Jan-72	4-Mar-72	211-218	Ninetyeast Ridge and eastern Indian Ocean
23	8-Mar-72	1-May-72	219-230	Arabian Sea and Red Sea
24	5-May-72	21-Jun-72	231-238	Gulf of Aden, Somali Basin, Central Indian Ridge

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Leg	Start Date	Knd Date	Sites	Region

25	28-Jun-72	22-Aug-72	239-249	Arabian Sea and Red Sea
26	6-Sep-72	30-Oct-72	250-258	Indian Ocean
27	1-Nov-72	9-Dec-72	259-263	Eastern Indian Ocean
28	20-Dec-72	19-Feb-73	264-274	South Pole/Antarctica, Ross Sea
29	2-Mar-73	18-Apr-73	275-284	Northern Antarctic, Subantarctic
30	24-Apr-73	13-Jun-73	285-289	Indian Ocean
31	13-Jun-73	4-Aug-73	290-302	West Philippine Basin and the Sea of Japan
32	16-Aug-73	10-Oct-73	303-313	Northwestern Pacific Ocean
33	2-Nov-73	17-Dec-73	314-318	Central Pacific Ocean
34	20-Dec-73	2-Feb-74	319-321	Nazca Plate
35	13-Feb-74	30-Mar-74	322-325	Antarctic waters, Southeast Pacific Basin
36	4-Apr-74	22-May-74	326-331	Antarctic water
37	May ’74	July ’74	332-335	Mid-Atlantic Ridge
38	29-Jul-74	26-Sep-74	336-352	Norwegian-Greenland Sea
39	6-Oct-74	17-Dec-74	353-359	Western South Atlantic Ocean
40	17-Dec-74	15-Feb-75	360-365	South Atlanic Ocean
41	17-Feb-75	10-Apr-75	366-370	Eastern central North Atlantic Ocean
42- Pt 1	4-Apr-75	21-May-75	371-378	Mediterranean Sea
42- Pt 2	21-May-75	11-Jun-75	379-381	Black Sea
43	13-Jun-75	12-Aug-75	382-387	Western North Atlantic Ocean
44	5-Aug-75	30-Sep-75	388-394	Western North Atlantic Ocean
45	30-Nov-75	20-Jan-76	395-396	Mid-Atlantic Ridge
46	28-Jan-76	19-Mar-76	396A-396B	Mid-Atlantic Ridge
47- Pt 1	20-Mar-76	12-Apr-76	397	Eastern North Atlantic Ocean, Northwest African Margin
47- Pt 2	13-Apr-76	9-May-76	398	Western Iberian Continental Margin
48	12-May-76	13-Jul-76	399-406	Bay of Biscay, Rockall Plateau
49	18-Jul-76	4-Sep-76	407-414	North Atlantic Ocean
50	13-Sep-76	8-Nov-76	415-416	Central and North Atlantic Ocean
51	20-Nov-76	17-Jan-77	417	Western North Atlantic Ocean
52	22-Jan-77	8-Mar-77	417-418	Western North Atlantic Ocean
53	12-Mar-77	21-Apr-77	418	Western North Atlantic Ocean
54	30-Apr-77	18-Jun-77	419-429	East Pacific Rise
55	18-Jun-77	6-Sep-77	430-433	Hawaiian-Emperor chain
56	12-Sep-77	6-Oct-77	434-436	Japan Trench Transect
57	19-Oct-77	2-Dec-77	438-441	Japan Trench Transect
58	4-Dec-77	30-Jan-78	442-446	North Philippine Sea
59	3-Feb-78	15-May-78	447-451	West Philippine Sea and Mariana Trench
60	15-Mar-78	15-May-78	452-461	Philippine Sea, Mariana Trough
61	22-May-78	29-Jul-78	462	Nauru Basin, Western Equatorial Pacific
62	29-Jul-78	7-Sep-78	463-466	North central Pacific Ocean
63	9-Oct-78	26-Nov-78	467-473	Eastern North Pacific Ocean
64	2-Dec-78	8-Jan-79	474-480	Gulf of California

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Leg	Start Date	Knd Date	Sites	Region

65	24-Jan-79	12-Mar-79	482-485	Gulf of California, Esat Pacific Rise
66	18-Mar-79	2-May-79	486-493	Middle America Trench
67	16-May-79	23-Jun-79	494-500	Middle America Trench Transect
68	13-Aug-79	13-Sep-79	502-503	Western Caribbean Sea, Eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean
69	20-Sep-79	25-Oct-79	501, 504-505	Costa Rica Rift
70	11-Nov-79	1-Dec-79	504b, 506-510	Galapagos Spreading Center
71	15-Jan-80	13-Feb-80	511-514	South Atlantic Ocean, Falkland Plateau
72	29-Feb-80	4-Apr-80	515-518	Brazil Basin, Rio Grande Rise
73	13-Apr-80	1-Jun-80	519-524	South Atlantic Ocean
74	10-Jun-80	20-Jul-80	525-529	Walvis Ridge
75	27-Jul-80	25-Aug-80	530-532	Angola Basin, Walvis Ridge
76	13-Oct-80	9-Dec-80	533-534	Blake Outer Ridge, Blake-Bahama Basin
77	29-Dec-80	25-Jan-81	535-540	Southeastern Gulf of Mexico
78A	13-Feb-81	9-Mar-81	541-543	Barbados Ridge complex
78B	14-Mar-81	8-Apr-81	395	Mid-Atlantic Ridge
79	17-Apr-81	22-May-81	544-547	Mazagan Plateau
80	30-May-81	22-Jul-81	548-551	Goban Spur Region
81	27-Jul-81	21-Sep-81	552-555	Rockall Plateau
82	22-Sep-81	1-Nov-81	556-564	Central North Atlantic Ocean
83	22-Nov-81	2-Jan-82	504B	Costa Rica Rift
84	10-Jan-82	26-Feb-82	565-570	Middle America Trench and Slope
85	19-Mar-82	24-Apr-82	571-575	Central Equatorial Pacific
86	16-May-82	13-Jun-82	576-581	Western North Pacific Ocean
87	28-Jun-82	16-Aug-82	582-584	Nankai Trough, Japan Trench
88	24-Aug-82	3-Sep-82	581	Northwest Pacific Basin
89	18-Oct-82	23-Nov-82	585-586	Western Pacific Ocean
90	3-Dec-82	7-Jan-83	587-594	Western Equatorial and Southwest Pacific Ocean
91	21-Jan-83	6-Feb-83	595-596	Southwest Pacific Basin
92	23-Feb-83	18-Apr-83	504B, 597-602	Southeast Pacific Ocean
93	4-May-83	17-Jun-83	603-605	Northwestern Atlantic Ocean
94	2-Jul-83	12-Aug-83	606-611	North Atlantic Ocean
95	25-Aug-83	22-Sep-83	612-613	New Jersey Transect, Continental slope and upper rise
96	29-Sep-83	8-Nov-83	614-624	Mississippi Fan, Gulf of Mexico

SOURCE: Data from http://www.deepseadrilling.org/i_reports.htm.

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TABLE A.2 Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg Start and End Dates, Sites Drilled on Each Leg, and the Region Where Drilling Occurred.


Leg	Stan Dale	End Dsate	Sites	Region

100	11-Jan-85	29-Jan-85	625	Gulf of Mexico
101	29-Jan-85	14-Mar-85	626-636	Bahamas
102	14-Mar-85	25-Apr-85	418	Bermuda Rise
103	25-Apr-85	19-Jun-85	637-641	Galicia Margin
104	19-Jun-85	23-Aug-85	642-644	Norwegian Sea
105	23-Aug-85	27-Oct-85	645-647	Baffin Bay and Labrador Sea
106	27-Oct-85	26-Dec-85	648-649	Mid-Atlantic Ridge
107	26-Dec-85	18-Feb-86	650-656	Tyrrhenian Sea
108	18-Feb-86	17-Apr-86	657-668	Eastern Tropical Atlantic
109	17-Apr-86	19-Jun-86	395, 648, 669-670	Mid-Atlantic Ridge
110	19-Jun-86	16-Aug-86	671-676	Northern Barbados Ridge
111	16-Aug-86	20-Oct-86	504, 677-678	Costa Rica Rift
112	20-Oct-86	25-Dec-86	679-688	Peru Continental Margin
113	25-Dec-86	11-Mar-87	689-697	Weddell Sea, Antarctica
114	11-Mar-87	13-May-87	698-704	Subantarctic South Atlantic
115	13-May-87	2-Jul-87	705-716	Mascarene Plateau
116	2-Jul-87	19-Aug-87	717-719	Distal Bengal Fan
117	19-Aug-87	18-Oct-87	720-731	Oman Margin
118	18-Oct-87	14-Dec-87	732-735	Southwest Indian Ridge
119	14-Dec-87	21-Feb-88	736-746	Kerguelen Plateau and Prydz Bay
120	21-Feb-88	30-Apr-88	747-751	Central Kerguelen Plateau
121	30-Apr-88	28-Jun-88	752-758	Broken Ridge and Ninetyeast Ridge
122	28-Jun-88	28-Aug-88	759-764	Exmouth Plateau
123	28-Aug-88	1-Nov-88	765-766	Argo Abyssal Plain and Exmouth Plateau
124	1-Nov-88	4-Jan-89	767-771	Celebes and Sulu Seas
124E	4-Jan-89	16-Feb-89	772-777	Philippine Sea/Engineering Tests
125	16-Feb-89	18-Apr-89	778-786	Bonin/Mariana Region
126	18-Apr-89	19-Jun-89	787-793	Izu-Bonin Arc-Trench System
127	19-Jun-89	21-Aug-89	794-797	Japan Sea
128	21-Aug-89	20-Nov-89	794, 798-799	Japan Sea
129	20-Nov-89	19-Jan-90	800-802	Old Pacific Crust/Pigafetta and Mariana Basins
130	19-Jan-90	27-Mar-90	803-807	Ontong Java Plateau
131	27-Mar-90	1-Jun-90	808	Nankai Trough
132	1-Jun-90	4-Aug-90	808-810	Western and central Pacific
133	4-Aug-90	11-Oct-90	811-826	Northeast Australian Margin
134	11-Oct-90	17-Dec-90	827-833	Vanuatu, New Hebrides
135	17-Dec-90	28-Feb-91	834-841	Lau Basin
136	28-Feb-91	20-Mar-91	842-843	Hawaiian Arch
137	20-Mar-91	1-May-91	504	Costa Rica Rift
138	1-May-91	4-Jul-91	844-854	Eastern equatorial Pacific

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Leg	Stan Dale	End Dsate	Sites	Region

139	4-Jul-91	11-Sep-91	855-858	Middle Valley, Juan de Fuca Ridge
140	11-Sep-91	12-Nov-91	504	Costa Rica Rift
141	12-Nov-91	12-Jan-92	859-863	Chile Triple Junction
142	12-Jan-92	18-Mar-92	864	East Pacific Rise/Engineering Tests
143	18-Mar-92	20-May-92	670, 865-870	Northwest Pacific Atolls and Guyots
144	20-May-92	20-Jul-92	800-801, 871-880	Northwest Pacific Atolls and Guyots
145	20-Jul-92	20-Sep-92	881-887	North Pacific Transect
146	20-Sep-92	22-Nov-92	888-893	Cascadia Margin
147	22-Nov-92	21-Jan-93	894-895	Hess Deep Rift Valley
148	21-Jan-93	10-Mar-93	504, 896	Costa Rica Rift
149	10-Mar-93	25-May-93	897-901	Iberia Abyssal Plain
150	25-May-93	24-Jul-93	902-906	New Jersey Sea-Level Transect
150X*	Mar-93	Aug-93	Island Beach, Atlantic City	New Jersey Coastal Plain
150X Suppl.*	Mar-94	Apr-94	Cape May	New Jersey Coastal Plain
151	24-Jul-93	24-Sep-93	907-913	North Atlantic-Arctic Gateways I
152	24-Sep-93	22-Nov-93	914-919	East Greenland Margin
153	22-Nov-93	24-Jan-94	920-924	Mid-Atlantic Ridge/Kane Fracture Zone
154	24-Jan-94	25-Mar-94	925-929	Ceara Rise
155	25-Mar-94	25-May-94	930-946	Amazon Deep-Sea Fan
156	24-May-94	24-Jul-94	947-949	Barbados Ridge Accretionary Prism
157	24-Jul-94	23-Sep-94	950-956	Gran Canaria and Madeira Abyssal Plain
158	23-Sep-94	22-Nov-94	957	TAG Hydrothermal Mound
159T	23-Dec-94	3-Jan-95	958	Eastern Canary Basin
159	3-Jan-95	2-Mar-95	959-962	Côte D’Ivoire- Ghana Transform Margin
160	7-Mar-95	3-May-95	963-973	Mediterranean Sea I
161	3-May-95	2-Jul-95	974-979	Mediterranean Sea II
162	7-Jul-95	3-Sep-95	907, 980-987	North Atlantic-Arctic Gateways II
163	3-Sep-95	7-Oct-95	988-990	Southeast Greenland Margin
163X*	Aug-99	Sep-99	EG64-66, 68	Southeast Greenland Margin
164	31-Oct-95	19-Dec-95	991-997	Blake Ridge and Carolina Rise
165	21-Dec-95	17-Feb-96	998-1002	Caribbean Ocean History
166	20-Feb-96	10-Apr-96	1003-1009	Bahamas Transect
167	20-Apr-96	16-Jun-96	1010-1022	California Margin
168	16-Jun-96	15-Aug-96	1023-1032	Juan de Fuca Ridge
169S	15-Aug-96	20-Aug-96	1033-1034	Saanitch Inlet
169	21-Aug-96	16-Oct-96	856-858, 035-1038	Sedimented Ridges II (NE Pacific Ocean)
170	16-Oct-96	17-Dec-96	1039-1043	Costa Rica Accretionary Wedge
171A	17-Dec-96	8-Jan-97	1044-1048	Northern Barbados Accretionary Prism LWD
171B	8-Jan-97	14-Feb-97	1049-1053	Blake Nose Paleoceano- graphic Transect
172	14-Feb-97	15-Apr-97	1054-1064	Northwest Atlantic Sediment Drifts

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Leg	Stan Dale	End Dsate	Sites	Region

173	15-Apr-97	15-Jun-97	1065-1070	Return to Iberia
174A	15-Jun-97	19-Jul-97	1071-1073	Continuing the New Jersey Sea-Level Transect
174AX*	Oct-96	Nov-96	Bass River	New Jersey Coastal Plain
174AX Suppl.*	Jul-98	Aug-98	Ancora	New Jersey Coastal Plain
174AX Suppl.*	Sep-99	Oct-99	Ocean View	New Jersey Coastal Plain
174AX Suppl.*	May-00	Jun-00	Bethany Beach	New Jersey Coastal Plain
174AX Suppl.*	Oct-01	Oct-01	Fort Mott	New Jersey Coastal Plain
174AX Suppl.*	May-02	Jun-02	Millville	New Jersey Coastal Plain
174AX Suppl.*	Sep-03	Nov-03	Sea Girt	New Jersey Coastal Plain
174AX Suppl.*	Sep-04	Oct-04	Cape May Zoo	New Jersey Coastal Plain
174B	19-Jul-97	9-Aug-97	395, 1074	CORK Hole 395A (N Atlantic Ocean)
175	9-Aug-97	8-Oct-97	1075-1087	Benguela Current
176	8-Oct-97	9-Dec-97	735	Return to Hole 735B (Indian Ocean)
177	9-Dec-97	5-Feb-98	1088-1094	Southern Ocean Paleoceanography
178	5-Feb-98	9-Apr-98	1095-1103	Antarctic Glacial History and Sea-Level Change
179	9-Apr-98	7-Jun-98	1104-1107	Hammer Drilling and NERO (Indian Ocean)
180	7-Jun-98	11-Aug-98	1108-1118	Woodlark Basin, Papua New Guinea
181	11-Aug-98	8-Oct-98	1119-1125	Southwest Pacific Gateways
182	8-Oct-98	7-Dec-98	1126-1134	Great Australian Bight Carbonates
183	7-Dec-98	11-Feb-99	1135-1142	Kerguelen Plateau-Broken Ridge
184	11-Feb-99	12-Apr-99	1143-1148	South China Sea
185	12-Apr-99	14-Jun-99	801, 1149	Izu-Mariana Margin
186	14-Jun-99	14-Aug-99	1150-1151	Western Pacific Geophysical Observatories
187	16-Nov-99	10-Jan-00	1152-1164	Australian- Antarctic Discordance
188	10-Jan-00	11-Mar-00	1165-1167	Prydz Bay-Cooperation Sea, Antarctica
189	11-Mar-00	6-May-00	1168-1172	Tasmanian Gateway
190	6-May-00	16-Jul-00	1173-1178	Nankai Trough Accretionary Prism
191	16-Jul-00	8-Sep-00	1179-1182	West Pacific ION Project/Hammer Drill Engineering
192	8-Sep-00	7-Nov-00	1183-1187	Basement Drilling on the Ontong Java Plateau
193	7-Nov-00	3-Jan-01	1188-1191	Manus Basin Hydrothermal System
194	3-Jan-01	2-Mar-01	1192-1199	Marion Plateu, Northeast Australia
195	2-Mar-01	2-May-01	1200-1202	Seafloor Observatories and the Kuroshio Current
196	2-May-01	1-Jul-01	808, 1173	Nankai Trough Accretionary Prism: LWD and ACORK
197	1-Jul-01	27-Aug-01	1203-1206	Hawaiian Hotspot Motion
198	27-Aug-01	23-Oct-01	1207-1214	Cretaceous-Paleogene Climate, Shatsky Rise
199	23-Oct-01	16-Dec-01	1215-1222	Paleogene equatorial Transect (Pacific Ocean)
200	16-Dec-01	27-Jan-02	1223-1224	Hawaii-2 Observatory and Nuuanu Landslide
201	27-Jan-02	29-Mar-02	1225-1231	Microbial communities, Eastern equatorial Pacific and Peru Margin
202	29-Mar-02	30-May-02	1232-1242	Southeast Pacific Paleoceano- graphic Transects

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Leg	Stan Dale	End Dsate	Sites	Region

203	30-May-02	7-Jul-02	1243	Equatorial Pacific Ion Multidisciplinary Observatory
204	7-Jul-02	2-Sep-02	1244-1252	Gas Hydrates (Cascadia Margin)
205	2-Sep-02	6-Nov-02	1253-1255	Costa Rica Continental Margin CORK
206	6-Nov-02	4-Jan-03	1256	Fast Spreading Crust (Guatemala Basin)
207	11-Jan-03	6-Mar-03	1257-1261	Demerara Rise (Central Atlantic)
208	6-Mar-03	6-May-03	1262-1267	Walvis Ridge (Southern Atlantic)
209	6-May-03	6-Jul-03	1268-1275	Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Central Atlantic)
210	6-Jul-03	6-Sep-03	1276-1277	Newfoundland Margin

NOTE: Sites marked with an asterisk (150X, 163X, and 174AX) were funded by organizations other than ODP.

SOURCE: Data from http://www.odplegacy.org/science_results/leg_summaries.html.

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TABLE A.3 Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition Start and End Dates, Sites Drilled on Each Expedition, and the Region Where Drilling Occurred.


Exp#	Start Dale	End Date	Sites	Region

301	27-Jun-D4	2l-Aug-04	UI30I. 1026	Juan de Euca Ridge
30IT	2l-Aug-04	25-Sep-04	1253-1255	Costa Rica Hydrogeology
303	25-Sep-04	I7-Nov-04	UI302-UI308	North Atlantic Ocean
304	I7-Nov-04	8-Jan-05	UI309-UI3II	Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
305	8-Jan-05	2-Mar-05	UI309	Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
306	2-Mar-05	25-Apr-05	UI3I2-UI3I5	North Atlantic Ocean
307	25-Apr-05	30-May-05	UI3I6-UI3I8	Southwest Irish continental margin
308	30-May-05	8-Jul-05	UI3I9-UI324	Gulf of Mexico
309	8-Jul-05	28-Aug-05	1256	Eastern equatorial Pacific
311	28-Aug-05	28-Ocl-05	UI325-UI329	Cascadia Margin
312	28-Ocl-05	29-Dec-05	1256	Eastern equatorial Pacific
320	5-Mar-09	5-May-09	UI33I-UI336	Equatorial Pacific Ocean
321	5-May-09	23Jun-09	UI337-UI338	[equatorial Pacific Ocean
32 IT	23-Jun-09	5-Jul-09	UI30I	Juan de Euca Ridge
323	5-Jul-09	4-Sep-09	UI339-UI345	Bering Sea
324	4-Sep-09	4-NOV-09	UI346-U1350	Shatsky Rise
317	4- Nov-10	4-Jan-10	UI35I-UI354	Canterbury Basin
318	4-Jan-10	8-Mar-10	UI355-UI36I	Antarctic Wilkes I^and Margin
327	5-Jul-10	5-Sep-I0	UI362-UI363. UI301,	1027 Juan de Euca Ridge
328	5-Sep-I0	I9-Sep-I0	UI364	Cascadia Margin
329	9-Oct-IO	13-Dec-IO	UI365-UI37I	South Pacific Gyre
330	13-Dec-IO	ll-Feb-ll	UI372-UI377	Louisville Seamounts, Southwest Pacific Ocean
334	15-Mar-ll	13-Apr-ll	UI378-UI38I	Costa Rica margin
335	13-Apr-l)	3-Jun-ll	1256	Eastern equatorial Pacific
336	16-Sep-ll	17-Nov-ll	395. U1382	Mid-Atlantic Ridge