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What exists, and how to get in.

Gulf Coast Repository

Also known as GCR

The International Ocean Discovery Program’s (IODP) Gulf Coast Repository (GCR) is located in the Research Park on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, Texas. This repository stores DSDP, ODP, and IODP cores from the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, and the Southern Ocean. A satellite repository at Rutgers University houses New Jersey/Delaware land cores 150X and 174AX.

Getting access

Application required Restricted (other restriction)

How to apply
Not yet verified — we don’t publish a route we haven’t checked.

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Open access Open

How to apply
Not yet verified — we don’t publish a route we haven’t checked.

Summarised from a registry — the exact application route is not yet verified.

About this database

Websitehttps://iodp.tamu.edu/curation/gcr/
SubjectsNatural Sciences · Geosciences (including Geography) · Atmospheric Science and Oceanography · Geology and Palaeontology · Geophysics and Geodesy · Geography · Oceanography
Last updated2026-09-13

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