MSP expeditions schedule

To date, ESO has completed eight scientific expeditions of mission-specific platforms (MSPs):  five expeditions in the first phase of IODP (2003 to 2013) – Exp. 302: Arctic Coring (ACEX), Exp. 310: Tahiti Sea Level, Exp. 313: New Jersey Shallow Shelf, Exp. 325: Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes and Exp. 347: Baltic Sea Paleoenvironment, and four expeditions in the second phase of IODP (2014-2024) – Exp. 357: Atlantis Massif Serpentinization and Life, Exp. 364: Chicxulub K-Pg Impact Crater Expedition, Exp. 381: Corinth Active Rift Development and Exp. 386: Japan Trench Paleoseismology.

ESO is preparing Expedition 389: Hawaiian Drowned Reefs to start in September-October 2023, and scoping of MSP Expedition 406: New England Shelf Hydrogeology to be implemented in 2024.

MSP Schedule

• Expedition 373 Antarctic Cenozoic Paleoclimate – postponed until further notice
  Co-chief Scientists: Trevor Williams and Carlota Escutia
• Expedition 377 Arctic Ocean Paleoceanography (ArcOP) – postponed until further notice
  Co-chief Scientists: Rüdiger Stein and Kristen St. John
• Expedition 386 Japan Trench Paleoseismology – 13 April-1 June 2021 (from/to Yokosuka, Japan)
  Lead Proponent: Michael Strasser
• Expedition 389 Hawaiian Drowned Reefs – September/November 2023
  Co-chief Scientists: Jody Webster and Christina Ravelo
• Expedition 381 Corinth Active Rift Development – 22 October-18 December 2017 (from/to Corinth, Greece)
  Co-chief Scientists: Lisa McNeill and Donna Shillington
• Expedition 364 Chicxulub K-Pg Impact Crater – 5 April-31 May 2016 (from/to Progreso, Mexico)
  Co-chief Scientists: Joanna Morgan and Sean Gulick
• Expedition 357 Atlantis Massif Serpentinization and Life Expedition – 26 October-11 December 2015 (from/to Southampton, UK)
  Co-chief Scientists: Gretchen Früh-Green and Beth Orcutt
• Expedition 347 Baltic Sea Paleoenvironment – 12 September-1 November 2013 (from/to Kiel, Germany)
  Co-chief Scientists: Thomas Andrén and Bo Barker Jörgensen
• Expedition 325 Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes – 11 February-6 April 2006 (from/to Townsville, Australia)
  Co-chief Scientists: Jody  Webster and Yusuke Yokoyama
• Expedition 313 New Jersey Shallow Shelf – 30 April-17 July 2009 (from/to Atlantic City, NJ, USA)
  Co-chief Scientists: Gregory Mountain and Jean-Noël Proust
• Expedition 310 Tahiti Sea Level – 6 October-21 November 2005 (from/to Papeete, Tahiti, France)
  Co-chief Scientists: Gilbert Camoin and Yasufumi Iryu
• Expedition 302 Arctic Coring (ACEX) – 7 August-15 September 2004 (from/to Tromsö, Norway)
  Co-chief Scientists: Jan Backman and Kate Moran