The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program U.S. Implementing Organization (IODP-USIO) operates the scientific drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution. The IODP-USIO is composed of the Consortium of Ocean Leadership, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's Borehole Research Group, and Texas A&M University's College of Geosciences. IODP is an international organization that conducts research into the evolution of Earth's surface, oceans, climate, and deep biosphere. IODP members include the USA, Japan, the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD), People's Republic of China, and Korea. |