The Ocean
Drilling Program
at Texas A&M
University shall
continue to be
preeminent in
scientific ocean
drilling,
providing the
leadership in
science
operations
management that
is necessary to
serve the
scientific
community in its
quest to probe
this planet's last frontier.
To achieve this mission, ODP/TAMU pursues the
following goals:
To provide support for state-of-the-art scientific
drilling, sampling, data acquisition, and
monitoring beneath the seafloor;
To contribute to the international advisory
structure;
To develop and apply new technologies and
operational strategies in support of evolving
scientific objectives;
To create and maintain a data library of
leg-related scientific data and publications, and a
core archive for use by scientists throughout the
world;
To disseminate results from each leg to
scientists, governments, industry, and the public
worldwide;
To provide the above services in a collegial and
constructive fashion.
