Panaji: The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) has invited research proposals from universities and scientific institutions for collaborative studies using archived sediment core samples collected from India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

The NCPOR, based in Goa, serves as the nodal agency for implementing the national programme on “Geoscientific Studies of the EEZ of India” in collaboration with several partner institutions, the institute has mentioned on its website.

Over multiple scientific expeditions, the programme has generated extensive marine geoscientific data and systematically archived sediment samples from deep-water regions exceeding 500 metres in depth, it adds.

According to the Institution, these archived samples have already supported a wide range of

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