The file contains essentially correspondence and notes on the proposal to set up an ESF Consortium for the ODP among other : Invitation from the National Science Foundation and the JOIDES (Joint Oceanographic Institutions Deep Earth Sampling) to the International Phase of Ocean Drilling meeting (21-22/04/1983); Note on the Advanced ODP of the NSF; Note from the Centre National pour l’exploitation des océans: "Le programme de forages océaniques profonds"(April 1984); Memorandum of understanding between the National Science Foundation and the ESF on the participation of the ESF in the ODP as a Candidate Member (08/03/1984); Correspondence on the nomination of representatives of the ESF consortium for the ODP, application to the ODP; Note on the first European Consortium meeting on the ODP held Zurich on 2/11/1983, Note on the consortium (11/1984); Summary of decisions and action plan taken at the meetings of the working group of the ODP and of the ad-hoc Scientific Committee of the ODP held in Amsterdam on 24/10/1984.

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