BOSCORF is the UK’s largest deep-sea sediment repository and state-of-the-art research facility
BOSCORF is part of the National Oceanography Centre. Our core collection holds unique geological samples used by scientists worldwide to investigate topics such as geo-hazards, climate change and marine ecosystems.
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BOSCORF can help you obtain samples, data, instrument time, or provide the expert advice you may need for your research. We have an extensive database of marine sediment core-derived data and metadata. You can request instrument time or samples if existing datasets don’t answer your research questions. We can also assist with analysing sediment cores that aren’t part of the BOSCORF collection. For non-academic clients, we provide a consultancy service.
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The Importance of Archiving the Seafloor
19 Jan 2024Marine sediment cores are stored in this space at the Lamont-Doherty Core Repository. Credit: Nichole Anest Colleagues and friends from URI,... -
Installation of brand new Itrax FleXRay X-ray fluorescence scanner at BOSCORF
28 Nov 2023Today, we welcomed a brand new Cox Analytical Itrax FleXRay X-ray fluorescence sediment core scanner to our research facility. Providing the... -
BOSCORF hosts workshop for the Micropalaeontological Society AGM at the National Oceanography Centre
28 Nov 2023Last week, BOSCORF hosted a workshop for the Micropalaeontological Society's AGM, that was being held at the National Oceanography Centre in... -
Sediment cores used to help better understand natural carbon storage in marine ecosystems
03 Nov 2023Over the past year, BOSCORF has been helping PhD student, Hannah Muir, to split, image and process sediment cores from the Isle of Man. Hannah...
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Análisis integrado del impacto de la variabilidad ambiental en las condiciones del fondo marino en el Mediterráneo durante...
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Computed Laminography for the study of biogenic structures in sediment cores: A step between two- and three-dimensional...
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Source rock potential and spatial distribution of the stratigraphic formations in the central Mediterranean Ridge: Evidence...
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Evaluation of geomagnetic relative palaeointensity as a chronostratigraphic tool in the Southern Ocean: Refined Plio-/...