KTB at Windischeschenbach

Description


KTB Pilot Hole	KTB Main Hole

The two super-deep boreholes (4000 m and 9101 m) of the German Continental Deep Drilling Program are worldwide unique masterstrokes of drilling engineering. It yielded essential insights in the structure and processes of the upper crust of the Earth. For this reason it is one of the most important geoscientific and geotechnical research projects.

The great success in geosciences and drilling engineering induced the scientists to establish the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP).

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Location

Europe, Germany, Bavaria, Upper Palantine, Windischeschenbach

Coordinates

49° 48' 55.38'' N 12° 07' 13.01'' E

Project Start and End

Programs and Funding

Principal Investigators

Rolf Emmermann, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Heinrich Rischmüller (†), Geological Survey of Lower Saxony, Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie (LBEG)

Partners and Contractors

Keywords

Bavaria , Collision Zones , Convergent Margins , Deep Biosphere , Germany , KTB , Thermal Regimes , Upper Palantine , Windischeschenbach

Current State

Drilling operations and scientific evaluations have been finalized

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Central Office: GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
phone: +49/331-288-1085, fax: +49/331-288-1088, E-Mail

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