Integrated ocean drilling program

The Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP), currently the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) of the National Science Foundation, has undertaken the most systematic evaluation of ocean hydrate deposits. The DSDP has recovered hydrate cores in the deep oceans from both coasts of the United States, from the Mid-America Trench off Guatemala, and off the coast of Peru. Atotal of 23 oceanic hydrate cores have been recovered, including the Gulf of Mexico and three Soviet... 

Riedel, M., Collett, T.S., Malone, M.J., and the Expedition 311 Scientists. Proc. IODP, 311 Washington, DC (2006) (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc.), http //dx.doi.org/10.2204/iodp.proc.311.2006 . 

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