Continental Scientific Drilling A Decade of Progress, and Challenges for the Future /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Harms, Ulrich (Editor), Koeberl, Christian (Editor), Zoback, Mark D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geochemistry.; Geology.; Geophysics.; Geotechnical engineering.; Climate change.; Ecotoxicology.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Climate Change.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

Scientific drilling is an indispensable tool of modern Earth science - search, as it provides the only means of obtaining direct information on processes operating at depth. Drilling allows for the determination of - situ properties of solid materials and fluids and permits testing of hypot- ses and...

Table of Contents:

• History and Status of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program
• Climate Dynamics and Global Environments: A Community Vision for the Next Decade in ICDP
• Continental Drilling and the Study of Impact Craters and Processes — an ICDP Perspective
• The GeoBiosphere
• Active Volcanic Systems
• Scientific Drilling of Active Faults: Past and Future
• Hotspot Volcanoes and Large Igneous Provinces
• Convergent Plate Boundaries and Collision Zones
• Natural Resources.