LDEO

Southern Ocean Circulation and overturning
The ring of deep water around Antarctica not only links the major ocean [Atlantic/Pacific/Indian] , but also produces dense waters along the continental margins of the frozen continent, which sinks
MARGINS Program
Continental margins are the Earth's principal loci for producing hydrocarbon and metal resources, for earthquake, landslide, volcanic and climatic hazards, and for
MGDS: Search For Data
Find, map and download marine geoscience and other data by ship, region, program, investigator, data and more.
MGDS: Marine Geoscience Data System
Unified data portal for the NSF Ridge 2000 program, MARGINS program, Marine Seismic Reflection data, Antarctic Multibeam Bathymetry Synthesis, and RIDGE Multibeam Bathymetry Synthesis; includes Geo
MB-System
MB-System is an open source software package for the processing and display of bathymetry and backscatter imagery data derived f
NCEER-Lamont Strongmo
STRONGMO is part of the NCEER Strong Ground Motion Facility's effort to develop a data base in which strong ground motion
New York City International Polar Weekend
Inter-division Event for International Polar Year.
How can you make glacier goo?
How can you make a snow shelter?
Look for fossils in your own yard!
North American Drought Research at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Research led by Richard Seager describes a modeling and paleoclimate perspective on the causes of North American droughts.
Nuclear Test Ban Monitoring Research Site (LCSN)
Lamont-Doherty Nuclear Test Ban Monitoring Research.
ODP Log Database
Database of the log data collected by the Ocean Drilling Program.
Paleoecology Laboratory
Describes global research using vegetation shifts to reconstruct local and regional changes in the landscape due to climate and/or anthropogenic influence.
Passive Hydroacoustics Research Group
Underwater acoustic studies related to undersea earthquakes, marine mammals, Antarctic ice-sheets, ocean noise and explosion monitoring.
PetDB
PetDB archives and serves analytical data for whole rocks, glasses, minerals, melt inclusions, with emphasis on basalts and abyssal peridotites.
PETRO
PETRO is the new oil and gas division of Lamont's corporate affiliates program.
Quantitative Basin Analysis
Methodology for simulating basin stratigraphy and structure.
R/V Langseth
The academic community’s flagship seismic-research vessel, to be operated by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was dedicated in Galveston, Tex., Nov 12. The R/V Marcus G.
Radiocarbon Calibration
Radiocarbon calibration program used for converting radiocarbon years to calendar years.
Ridge Multibeam Bathymetry Synthesis
Mutibeam Bathymetry data from the global Mid-Ocean Ridge with access to related data.
MGDS: Ridge 2000 Data Portal
Access cruise information and data collected during Ridge2000 funded projects.
SCAMP (Seafloor Characterization And Mapping Pods)
Welcome to the presense of the SCAMP component of the SCICEX program on the World Wide Web. An underway geophysical survey from nuclear submarines in the Arctic.
SCICEX
SCICEX was a 5 year program (1995-1999) in which the Navy has made available a Sturgeon-class, nuclear powered, attack submarine for unclassified science cruises to the Arctic Ocean.
SedDB - Data Collection for Marine Sediment Geochemistry
SedDB complements current geological data systems (PetDB, EarthChem, NavDat and GEOROC) with an integrated compilation of geochemistry of marine
Seismic Reflection Field Data Center
Access to marine seismic reflection images, navigation, acquisition parameters and field data.
The Climate Center of LDEO and GISS
The Climate Center was established ~20+ years ago with an endowment from the Vetlessen Foundation.
Climate Modeling and Diagnostic Group Data Catalog
The collection of climate modeling and diagnostic group datasets.
AKA the Kage Data Catalog. The collection of climate modeling and diagnostic group datasets.
Polar Climate Group
Research and analysis of the Polar Regions and their impact on global climate.
West Antarctic Ice Sheet Airborne Gravimetry
An airborne geophysical program over West Antarctica was designed to study the linkage between the West Antarctic Rift System and the dynamic evolution of the overlying West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Myths and Methods in Modeling
Notes and exercises for a course in numerical methods for earth scientists
CANOE
We propose a passive broad-band seismic experiment in northwestern Canada, a setting in which fundamental questions regarding the structure and dynamics of the mantle's upper and lower boundary lay
Global CMT
During the summer of 2006, the main activities of the research project known as the Harvard Centroid-Moment-Tensor (CMT) Project moved with Principal Investigator Göran Ekström from Harv
SCOOBA
Deployment of a wide-band OBS in the Gulf of California from the R/V New Horizon in Oct 2005. Seismometer is housed in the green sphere, while recording, power, and communication
Strip of Destruction
We mapped the surface trace of the fault rupture for about 5 km on the west bank of the Khunar River, through Balakot and into the Sarash Valley where it apparently ends.
IGY Calibration
Historical data for I.G.Y. Calibration. The original is by H. Miller.
Pacheco-Sykes Earthquake Catalog
Javier Pacheco and Lynn Sykes' catalog of large earthquakes with surface wave magnitude >= 7.0.
Paleo Dust
Dust influences climate by altering the radiation budget of the atmosphere, and influences marine biogeochemistry by providing a source of essential micronutrients such as iron.
Southern Ocean Gas Exchange Experiment
A US-led program to use process studies to improve quantification of air-sea CO2 fluxes and the gas transfer velocity was initiated in 1998. So far, two large-scale studies have been conducte
Earth 2 Class
Earth2Class (Earth to Class/E2C) is a unique professional development program created jointly by classroom teachers, research scientists, a
LACOP: Lamont Atmospheric Carbon Observation Project
LACOP measures levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere at several observation sites.
Secondary School Field Research Program (SSFRP)
Lamont Doherty's Secondary School Field Research Program engages High School teachers and students as science interns, working with Lamont scientists. We operate a 6-week full-time summer int
Abrupt Tropical Responses to Gradual Insolation Forcing
A detailed (ca. 100 yr resolution) and well-dated (31 AMS 14C dates to 24 cal.
Multidisciplinary Observations of Onshore Subduction (MOOS)
The MOOS experiment seeks to understand the structure and dynamics of subduction in the region of the 1964 Alaska earthquake, one of the three largest recorded (Mw 9.2), where terrane collision is
Ocean Carbon Cycle Research
How much CO2 from human activity enters the ocean?
Analysis of 9°50'N East Pacific Rise Seismicity: Insight into Hydrothermal and Magmatic Processes
This project is the continued analysis of seismic data collected on a 4x4 km array of ocean bottom seismometers (OBSs) deployed at the Ridge 2000 Integrated Study Site at 9°50'N on the East Pacific R
Calibration of R/V Langseth Seismic Sources
This projects aims to calibrate the seismic sources to be used by the R/V Marcus Langseth to better understand and quantify the safety radii that should be used for permitting purposes when conduct
Earthquakes in the Greater New York -Philadelphia area: Catalog and Tectonic Setting
Earthquakes in Greater New York-Philadelphia Area: Catalog 1677 to 2005 and Tectonic Setting
MGDS: MediaBank
The MGDS MediaBank contains high quality images, illustrations, animations and video clips that are organized into galleries.
GAMBIT: Gamburtsev Aerogeophysical Mapping of Bedrock and Ice Targets
Using geophysical instruments, GAMBIT will peal back more than 600 meters of ice to explore the last hidden mountain range on Earth.
Newark Rift Basin Coring Project
Wireline logs were acquired at seven sites in the Newark Rift basin using dipmeter, gamma ray, resistivity, ve
AGAP: Exploring the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains in Antarctica during the International Polar Year
Scientists from several nations are working together to launch a flagship program to explore a major mountain range buried by a large continental ice sheet and bounded by numerous subglacial lakes.
3D MCS investigation of the East Pacific Rise 9° 50’N
In summer 2008 we conducted the first multi-streamer Multi-Channel Seismic program of Lamont’s new national marine seismic facility, the R/V Langseth.
Hudson River Monthly CTD Surveys
A monitoring program was initiated in 2001 to monitor the Hudson River's basic state variables of salinity, temperature and density along transects from New York Harbor to Troy.
ICPMS Lab (LDEO-AMNH)
The Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory - American Museum of Natural History ICP-MS Lab is located at Columbia University's Lamont Campus in Palisades NY.
Cosmogenic Dating Group
The LDEO Cosmogenic Dating Group, applies terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides as chronometers and tracers in the Earth Sciences.
Turkish-American MArmara Multichannel (TAMAM)
This project is a collaboration between several US and Turkish research institutes to study the tectonics of the Marmara Sea.
Collaborative Research: Geophysical Constraints on Mechanisms of Ocean Plateau Formation from Shatsky Rise, Northwest Pacific
Oceanic Volcanic Plateaus are a submarine form of Large Igneous Provinces.
ICE Bridge
The Ice Sheets at both poles are changing - shrinking at increasing rates - rates that are faster than was ever expected by scientists.
A Comparative Study of Results From Different Earthquake Location Procedures In California
Earthquake location using cross correlation derived relative arrival time measurements can lead to substantially reduced location errors and a view of fault-zone processes with unprecedented detail
A Day in the Life of the Hudson River: Snapshot Day
In this annual fall event school groups all along the Hudson River estuary go down to the river's edge to collect scientific information and share it to crea
The Gulf Stream European Climate Myth
The Gulf Stream-European climate myth
Operation Ice Bridge Web Logs
In October 2009, a giant NASA DC-8 aircraft was loaded with geophysical instruments and scientists will buzz at low level over the coasts of West Antarctica, where ice sheets are collapsing at a pa




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