The International Ocean Discovery Program was an international marine research collaboration dedicated to advancing scientific understanding of the Earth through drilling, coring, and monitoring the s
JOIDES Resolution docked in Panama, October 2012
Chikyū docked in Yokosuka New Port, Kanagawa, Japan, September 2005
The IODP drill core repository in Bremen University of Bremen (MARUM)
Chicxulub crater
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The Chicxulub crater is an impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. The crater is named after the onshore inland community of Chicxulub Pueblo. It was formed slightly over 66 m
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…360 completed 790 meters of drilling and IODP planned to return to the site to continue the research. Expedition 364 sampled the peak ring of the Chicxulub impact crater, which is buried offshore near the Yucatán Peninsula. Chicxulub is the only well-preserved crater on Earth with a peak ring and was formed when an…
Artist's impression of the asteroid slamming into tropical, shallow seas of the sulfur-rich Yucatán Peninsula in what is today Southeast Mexico. The aftermath of the asteroid collision, which occurred approximately 66 million years ago, is believed to have caused the mass extinction of non-avian dinosaurs and many other species on Earth. The impact spewed hundreds of billions of tons of sulfur into the atmosphere, producing a worldwide blackout and freezing temperatures which persisted for at least a decade.
The center of the crater is near Chicxulub Puerto.
Stela in the main square of Chicxulub Puerto commemorating the impact
Pingualuit aerial 2007