ICDPInternational Continental Scientific Drilling Program

Science Advisory Group Meeting

TransAmazon Training Course at LacCore

Scientists from the TransAmazon ICDP Project, the ICDP data management team and LacCore staff prepare the sample and data management for the project. The training is currently taking place at LacCore in Minneapolis, the...

ICDP 2019 Annual Report

now available

36th IGC in India

now scheduled for November 9-14, 2020

First field test of the new ICDP memory sondes

The ICDP memory sondes can be run either in memory mode, with memory-battery sub (MEMBAT) or in wireline/online mode with telemetry sub on top. The MEMBAT sub can be equipped with a mechanical connection or with a fishing...

ICDP Proposal Submission 2020

The new proposals will be evaluated in two rounds, in March 2020 and June 2020. For details, see "Panel Dates" on ICDP Homepage.

New Volume of SCIENTIFIC DRILLING out now!

SD 26 published one Science Report, one Progress Report and four Workshop Reports

Nica-Bridge Drilling Project

ICDP workshop in Montelimar, Nicaragua, 2-5 March 2020

Lake Izabal Basin Research Endeavor (LIBRE)

ICDP workshop in Antigua, Guatemala, 2-5 August 2020

Deep Geothermal Test Borehole, Cornell Campus

ICDP Scientific Drilling Workshop January 8-10, 2020, in Ithaca, New York, USA

ICDP taskforce meetup in Potsdam

During the meeting ICDP OSG presented newly developed and currently employed ICDP equipment. ICDP taskforce 2019 - top left to right: Moti Stein (EC), Carola Knebel (OSG), Malin Bomberg (EC), Vicky Pease (EC-Chair), Marco...

New Program Structure

DIVISION OF TASKS AND DUTIES

Eger Rift F3 drilling at Hartousov approaches 200 m depth

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South Africa is back in ICDP

ICDP is pleased to announce that South Africa has rejoined ICDP. South Africa is an important target for ICDP-funded continent scientific drilling activities.Drilling Seismogenic Zones in Deep South African gold mines (DSEIS) was...

Chinese delegation at GFZ Potsdam

From left to right: Ms. Gao Ping (Chinese Ministry on Natural Resources) and Prof. Dr. Dong Shuwen (Sinoprobe) meet Prof Dr. Marco Bohnhoff (ICDP Executive Director)

Geophone chain deployment in Iceland

as follow-up to IDDP

ICDP related sessions at the AGU 2019 Fall Meeting

in San Francisco, Dec 9-13, 2019

ICDP Workshop on drilling Lake Tanganiyka

64 scientists discussed opportunities of drilling Lake Tanganiyka in Tanzania,

SCIENTIFIC DRILLING Vol. 25

This issue of the ICDP-IODP Program Journal (SD Vol. 25) contains six papers about drilling in volcanic zones and for paleoclimate research. 

Job Offer: Scientific Drilling Data Manager

Deadline for application: June 21, 2019

Weihe Basin (China) Scientific Drilling Workshop

for preparation of an ICDP Drilling Proposal, October 16-18, 2019, in Xi’an, China

Annual AOG Meeting

Kastanienbaum, Switzerland

Drilling the Eger Rift

Landwüst drilling in full swing

Haiti-DRILL Magellan Plus Workshop

Plouzané, France, May 20-22, 2019 Deadline for registration: May 3

Science Advisory Group

discussed 18 proposals submitted by January 15

Probing the Late Paleozoic Icehouse-Greenhouse Transition

ICDP workshop DeepDust

Postgraduate short course

Postgraduate short course in 3D Structural Geology, Paleoenvironmental and Geophysical Methods, for Scientific Drilling. In Japan, June 2019.

ICDP Training Course on Downhole Measurements

In Finland, June 2019. Deadline for application submission: February 15, 2019

ICDP / EarthRates Workshop

St. George, Utah, 11-14 May 2019 (Workshop), 15-16 May 2019 (Fieldtrip)

Scientific Drilling Booth at AGU 2018

ICDP at EGU 2019 General Assembly (7-12 April, Vienna)

Town Hall Meeting: Tue, 9 Apr, 19:00-20:00, room N2; IODP-ICDP Session: Thu, 11 Apr, 8:30-12:30, room 0.31 (orals), posters 16:15-18:00

ICDP Primer

Available in high resolution (105 Mb) and low resolution (11 Mb)

ICDP Training Course at KTB

37 scientist and engineers from 18 countries attended the ICDP Training Course on Continental Scientific Drilling

Job Vacancy: ICDP Outreach and Media Coordinator

Deadline for application: November 30, 2018

SCIENTIFIC DRILLING Vol. 24 now online

Please download the complete volume here

ICDP Call for Proposals 2019

next deadline for proposal submission: January 15, 2019

ICDP Workshop on Scientific Drilling of Lake Tanganyika, Africa

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 17-20 June, 2019

ICDP Workshop on Probing the Late Paleozoic Icehouse-Greenhouse Transition (DeepDust)

Norman, Oklahoma, 7-10 March, 2019

IIAS-ISF Workshop: DEAD SEA BOREHOLE

Jerusalem, Israel, November 25 to 28, 2018

Oman DP sampling party onboard DV Chikyu completed!

After two months of hard work onboard the DV Chikyu the ChikyuOman2018 team have completed comprehensive logging of 1700 m of core! A huge thank you to all who contributed to make this a success, as part of the science party,...

DSEIS Post Drilling Workshop

Post drilling in deep South African gold mines, Moab Khotsong and Cooke 4 mine, ICDP-Dseis is holding a seminar meeting at the CSIR, Nelson Mandela Mining Precinct in South Africa. The meeting is attended by international...

Oman Drilling Project: Ancient seabed holds secrets in search for life on other planets

To see the video, click here To learn more about Deep Carbon Observatory, click here

Oman Sampling Party onboard drilling vessel Chikyu

In the next two months the cores taken during Phase II of the Oman Drilling Project will be described and analyzed onboard Chikyu. The scientists work in groups - the igneous, alteration, structural, geochemistry, physical...

upcoming ICDP workshops

stay tuned for the dates

ICDP Training Course 2018

November 18-23, 2018 at KTB Geocenter

Marco Bohnhoff

Marco Bohnhoff is Professor for Experimental and Borehole Seismology and head of GFZ-section 4.2 'Geomechanics and Rheology'. He brings ICDP experience through his role as PI in various ICDP projects (GONAF, Koyna, STAR). 

Call for Outreach Officer at ECORD/IODP

Deadline for application submission: October 6, 2018

ICDP Executive Committee Meeting in China

The Executive Committee discusses about 12 Full Proposals, seven Workshop Proposals and one Pre-Proposal submitted by January 15, 2018. Workshop Proposals will be decided on by the EC, while Full Proposals will be decided on by...

China celebrates completion of deep borehole

China completes drilling of deep borehole