The Rutgers/New Jersey Geological Survey
Rift-Drift Core Repository

Welcome to the home page of the Rutgers/New Jersey Geological Survey Core Repository. We are an official repository of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), hosting Legs 150X and 174AX onshore cores drilled as part of the NJ/Mid-Atlantic Transect, and the New Jersey Geological Survey (NJGS). Cores from other ODP/IODP repositories are available through ODP. Funding is provided by the National Science Foundation, Ocean Sciences Division, Ocean Drilling Program and Rutgers University.

In addition to ODP/IODP cores, we are the repository for:

1. 6668 m of Newark Basin Drilling Project Triassic cores (e.g., Olsen, Kent, et al. 1996)
2. 5182 m of the Army Corps of Engineers Passaic Tunnel Project Jurassic cores
3. 457 m of post-impact cores from the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure Deep Hole
4. Cores obtained from the Northern North Atlantic as part of the IODP Expedition 303/306
5. Cores from various rift and drift basins on the eastern and Gulf Coasts of the U.S.
6. Geological samples from the New Jersey Geological Survey (NJGS) and United States Geological Survey (USGS) including 304 m of continuous NJGS/USGS NJ coastal plain cores.

Another function of the Repository is to host tours and to promote the educational use of the cores. We are linked to the Rutgers Geology Museum and offer educational tours of both the Museum and our cores facility. We will offer display cores for educational purposes

Obtaining Samples.

Samples are available to all scientific investigators following the general principles outlined by the IODP core policy. Samples from Leg 150X and 174AX are processed first through IODP; other sample requests may be directed to Jim Browning, Curator. The following web pages are designed to inform colleagues about the scientific research opportunities provided by these cores and procedures for obtaining samples and data. Datasets and cores are available following a two-year post-drilling moratorium period.

James V. Browning, Curator
jvb@rci.rutgers.edu
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Rutgers University
Wright-Rieman Labs
610 Taylor Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: (732) 445-2044
FAX: (732) 445-3374

Directors

Kenneth G. Miller, Rutgers University (kgm@rci.rutgers.edu)
Dennis V. Kent, Rutgers University (dvk@rci.rutgers.edu)
Peter J. Sugarman, New Jersey Geological Survey (pete.sugarman@dep.state.nj.us)