First-ever deep-drilling expedition to the Baltic Sea launches
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 08:30
in Earth & Climate
Starting in September 2013, the Baltic Sea will be the scene of a unique scientific expedition. The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) will set out drilling deeper into Baltic Sea sediments than ever before, all the way to sub-seafloor sediments that developed approximately 130,000 years ago, before the last ice age. From the Baltic Sea Basin, the IODP drillings will collect sediment cores 50–300 metres long from a total of eleven drill sites.