Initial Feasibility Study to Drill and Core the Ocean Mantle

An initial feasibility study (Pilisi and Whitney, 2011) of drilling through the Mohorovičić discontinuity (Moho) into the oceanic mantle specifically focused on future requirements for planning, drilling and coring a hole 500 m into the oceanic mantle from three candidate locations in the Pacific Oc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nicolas Pilisi, Bill Whitney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-09-01
Series:Scientific Drilling
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Online Access:http://www.iodp.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=3262