| Archive of Geosample Data and Information from the NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and
Meteorological Laboratories (AOML). |
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The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Atlantic Oceanograpic and Meteorological Laboratories (AOML) formerly operated a geosample
repository which stored ocean floor cores and grabs collected during their marine
geology research activities. The repository housed 968 cores, grabs, and suspended
sediment samples from multiple cruises of the ships Ferrel and Researcher collected
from 1974 through 1981. The AOML repository was decommissioned and samples previously
curated by AOML are no longer available for study. Prior to closing the repository,
AOML coded and sent data and information related to their sample collection to NCEI
(formerly NGDC) for long-term archive, and for discoverability via the Index to Marine
and Lacustrine Geological Samples (IMLGS) database. |
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