Introduction

Cold-Water Carbonate Mounds in Shallow and Deep Time – The European Research Network (COCARDE-ERN)

– Standing Committee for Life, Earth and Environmental Sciences (LESC) 

• The aim of COCARDE-ERN is to foster new views and strategies in the study of modern cold-water carbonate mounds and to explore the possibility of exporting new insights into the geological past.
• COCARDE-ERN will develop a common effort towards integrated and comparative scientific drilling research in sub-recent and ancient carbonate factories, on land and at sea, in warm and cold water systems, crossing intersectorial boundaries within the academic community and building bridges towards industrial research.
• COCARDE-ERN will create a profound knowledge platform upon which young researchers can build-up their career by training and acquiring multi-disciplinary skills in earth sciences.