Mantle drilling initial feasibility study completed

Monday, July 11, 2011 - 12:01 in Earth & Climate

The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) has announced completion of a feasibility study of drilling and coring activities that would be conducted in an ultra-deepwater environment into very high temperature igneous rocks to reach the upper oceanic mantle.

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