IODP

doi:10.2204/iodp.sp.329.2010

Expedition schedule

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 329 is based on IODP drilling Proposal 662-Full3, "Life beneath the seafloor of the South Pacific Gyre" (available at iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/expeditions/south_pacific_gyre-microbio.html). Following ranking by the IODP Scientific Advisory Structure, the expedition was scheduled for the R/V JOIDES Resolution, operating under contract with the U.S. Implementing Organization (USIO). The expedition is scheduled to start in Papeete, Tahiti, on 8 October 2010 and to end in Auckland, New Zealand, on 12 December. A total of 52 days will be available for the drilling, coring, and downhole measurements described in this report (for the current detailed schedule, see iodp.tamu.edu/scienceops/). Further details about the facilities aboard the JOIDES Resolution and the USIO can be found at www.iodp-usio.org/. Supporting site survey data for Expedition 329 are archived in the IODP Site Survey Data Bank.