Historic Core- Co-Chief Scientists Dr. Melvin N.A. Peterson, left, and Dr. N. Terence Edgar are shown aboard the Deep Sea Drilling Project drilling ship, Glomar Challenger, with a core of altered basic igneous rock. The historic core was recovered at Site 10 on the second leg of DSDP from beneath 1,500 feet of Cretaceous and Tertiary sediment in 15,400 feet of water in the Western North Atlantic Ocean. Visible in the core liner is altered basic igneous basement rock overlain by white marble. Scripps Institutiion of Oceanography is operating institution for the $12.6 million Deep Sea Drilling Project.

• 1968-11

• Deep Sea Drilling Project, Photo by Larry Lauve

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• Deep Sea Drilling Project
• Deep Sea Drilling Project
• Glomar Challenger (Ship)

• Edgar, N. Terence
• Peterson, Melvin N. A.

• Drill cores

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