Welcome to LIMS2

This is an application for easier and faster access to data from the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP), the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP), and beyond that is not stored in the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).

LIMS Database

Quick Start Guide

Use the tabs at the top to choose a scientific ocean drilling program. Within a tab select the leg/expedition, site, and data type (as appropriate) to locate your data.


Additional Information

DSDP (Deep Sea Drilling Project) and ODP (Ocean Drilling Program) data are stored at the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) formerly known as NGDC (National Geophysical Data Center). The National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) and its sister data centers merged into the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Some data from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP 2003-2013) and International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP 2013-2024) is also stored at NCEI, but not all data is present.


Janus Web Database: Janus has been used to collect data since ODP Leg 171A (January 1997), and data collected prior to Leg 171A are added to Janus as time permits. With the exception of Summary data (Hole, Core, Section), much of the data that appears accessible within the LIMS Overview is actually stored within the Janus Web Database. This includes images from DSDP, ODP, and IODP Exp 310-311 which are not available online through NCEI and are provided in this app in separate tabs for completeness.

Janus Web Database Queries

Zenodo: Zenodo is a general-purpose open repository which allows researchers to deposit research papers, data sets, research software, reports, and any other related digital assets. Currently, a random selection of IODP Expedition data has been uploaded. Searches for data stored in Zenodo can be time consuming and this app attempts to provide a more user-friendly access point to IODP Zenodo data.

IODP Zenodo



To access all datasets: NCEI DSDP Data by Type
To access data by DSDP Leg: NCEI DSDP Data by Leg
Documentation of data types: NCEI Documentation
Please note that this application will only function while the Janus Web Database exists. DSDP Images can also be retrieved by contacting the NCEI. Due to their volume, these data are not available online through NCEI, but are archived and available on request.

Not happy about that? Complain (loudly) before JANUS is dismantled.




Data issues (ex. - bad delimiters) are common with NCEI ODP data. If you are experiencing issues, try refreshing the page, or accessing the data directly using the link.





JOIDES Resolution Data: NCEI JR Data
Documentation of data types: NCEI Documentation
Please note that this application will only function while the Janus Web Database exists. ODP Images can also be retrieved by contacting the NCEI. Due to their volume, these data are not available online through NCEI, but are archived and available on request.

Not happy about that? Complain (loudly) before JANUS is dismantled.




Data issues (ex. - bad delimiters) are common with NCEI data. If you are experiencing issues, try refreshing the page, or accessing the data directly using the link.





JOIDES Resolution Data: NCEI JR Data
Documentation of data types: NCEI Documentation
Please note that this application will only function while the Janus Web Database exists. Images can also be retrieved by contacting the NCEI. Due to their volume, these data are not available online through NCEI, but are archived and available on request.

Not happy about that? Complain (loudly) before JANUS is dismantled.





Data is added to Zenodo at random times, in no particular order, and is difficult to search for. Therefore this application may not reflect all available IODP Zenodo data, especially if it was recently added. (last check: April 2023)

'no data available' = data does not exist in another database to publish in Zenodo
'not published' = this data may or may not exist elsewhere. For data available through LIMS, 'not published' indicates that data exists but was not published in Zenodo. For other data types (ex. - DATA1) it is unknown whether this data exists.


These are not official IODP-JRSO applications and functionality is not guaranteed. User assumes all risk.
Questions, comments, concerns, compliments: shinylaurelwebmaster@gmail.com
This app can be cited by https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10498831