IODP

doi:10.2204/iodp.sp.345.2012

Schedule for Expedition 345

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 345 is based on IODP drilling Proposals 551 and 551-Add (available at iodp.tamu.edu/​scienceops/​expeditions/​hess_deep.html). Following ranking by the IODP Science Advisory Structure, the expedition was scheduled for the R/V JOIDES Resolution, operating under contract with the U.S. Implementing Organization (USIO). At the time of publication of this Scientific Prospectus, the expedition is scheduled to start in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, 11 December 2012, and end in Balboa, Panama, 10 February 2013. A total of 46 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/). The supporting site survey data for Expedition 345 are archived in the IODP Site Survey Data Bank. Further details about the facilities aboard the JOIDES Resolution and the USIO can be found at www.iodp-usio.org/.