{"id":8,"date":"2017-11-13T14:29:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T18:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.personal-site.dev\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-01-15T16:46:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:46:02","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/seafloorsampleslab\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage &#8211; Simple with slider"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/seafloorsampleslab\/sample-request\/\">Sample Request<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>All repository samples must be requested via this request form.<\/p>\n\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/seafloorsampleslab\/collection\/\">Search the Collection<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Explore our collection of marine geological samples.<\/p>\n\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/seafloorsampleslab\/facilities\/space-use-request\/\">Space Use Request<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Reserve a time to sample in the lab or utilize the rock saw.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<img loading='false' src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/seafloorsampleslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/04\/Core-Library1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img loading='false' src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/seafloorsampleslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/09\/HenryDick1EDIT1000new-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p>Photo by Sarah Betcher, Farthest North Films<\/p>\n\t<h1>Mission<\/h1>\n<p>Our mission is to facilitate research and education through curating and providing access to our diverse collection of samples from the world&#8217;s seafloor. This includes, but is not limited to rocks, lake and marine sediment, corals, shells, peat, and wood. We support the advancement of scientific knowledge by providing technical and analytical expertise, in addition to instrumentation and field equipment.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Purpose<\/h2>\n<p>The purpose of the repository is to curate our collections and associated datasets in order to facilitate modern science and research. To do this we work to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>expand <\/strong>and <strong>curate<\/strong> the collections using best practices for future research and education<\/li>\n<li><strong>distribute<\/strong> geological subsamples from our collections for future research and education<\/li>\n<li><strong>promote<\/strong> access to our diverse collections via our outreach program and web and data services<\/li>\n<li><strong>serve <\/strong>as a community resource for field programs<\/li>\n<li><strong>collaborate <\/strong>with and <strong>train <\/strong>scientists and students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Contact Us<\/h2>\n<p>Email curatorial staff at <a href=\"mailto:seafloorsampleslab@whoi.edu\">seafloorsampleslab@whoi.edu.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/seafloorsampleslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/10\/ExtrudingMulticoreRVArmstrong.jpg\" alt=\"ExtrudingMulticoreRVArmstrong\" height=\"3024\" width=\"4032\" title=\"ExtrudingMulticoreRVArmstrong\" \/>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sample Request All repository samples must be requested via this request form. Search the Collection Explore our collection of marine geological samples. Space Use Request Reserve a time to sample in the lab or utilize the rock saw. Photo by Sarah Betcher, Farthest North Films Mission Our mission is to facilitate research and education through&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/seafloorsampleslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/seafloorsampleslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/seafloorsampleslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/seafloorsampleslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/seafloorsampleslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/seafloorsampleslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1131,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/seafloorsampleslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/1131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/seafloorsampleslab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}