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Sultanate of Oman, 2018
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Oman: 2017-02-19 ˇ
Another bright day at GT3 despite a strong wind from ...
Another bright day at GT3 despite a strong wind from the north (cold and toward the tent entry). We have been joined by two trainees from the Ministry of Authority of Mining and said goodbye to Damon (Credit: OMAN TeamDP). - (inserted: 18.02.2017 01:00)
Oman: 2017-02-18 ˇ
More than 28m of core today, but mostly diabase not
More than 28m of core today, but mostly diabase not the varitextured gabbros that we crave. - (inserted: 17.02.2017 01:00)
Oman: 2017-02-17 ˇ
Oman Drilling Project coring continued at GT3 with more samples ...
Oman Drilling Project coring continued at GT3 with more samples of the sheeted dike gabbro boundary including spectacular cores of varitextured gabbro. - (inserted: 16.02.2017 01:00)
Oman: 2017-02-16 ˇ
Hole GT3A was advanced to 124.7m.
Hole GT3A was advanced to 124.7m. The first vari-textured gabbros were drilled at about 116m. - (inserted: 15.02.2017 01:00)
Oman: 2017-02-15 ˇ
Reached the 100m mark today. Lots of chilled margins and
Reached the 100m mark today. Lots of chilled margins and epidote facies alteration observed. - (inserted: 14.02.2017 01:00)
Oman: 2017-02-14 ˇ
Fantastic drilling in GT3 sheeted dikes with a series of ...
Fantastic drilling in GT3 sheeted dikes with a series of splendid chilled margins and complex hydrothermal alteration. Gretchen and Michelle left for home just as we set a new record core recovery of 39.65 m in a day. - (inserted: 13.02.2017 01:00)
Oman: 2017-02-13 ˇ
Today we finished the installation of the casing in GT3 ...
Today we finished the installation of the casing in GT3 and advanced to 24.05 m. The next team of OmanDP scientists arrived on site and are ready to go. Our project manager Dr. Jude Coggon has left for a well earned break. - (inserted: 12.02.2017 01:00)
Oman: 2017-02-12 ˇ
Today we advanced to 11m and began to install casing
Today we advanced to 11m and began to install casing in the top part of the hole. - (inserted: 11.02.2017 01:00)
Oman: 2017-02-11 ˇ
Today we finished setting up the new drill site and ...
Today we finished setting up the new drill site and by 14:30 we had started coring. Our first core was on deck by 15:39 and included variably hydrothermally altered sheeted dikes. We finished the day at 2.7m. - (inserted: 10.02.2017 01:00)
Oman: 2017-02-10 ˇ
Today we started mobilising Site GT3, our tent is up ...
Today we started mobilising Site GT3, our tent is up and all the drilling equipment is on site ready for set up tomorrow - (inserted: 09.02.2017 01:00)
Oman: 2017-02-09 ˇ
Today we completed the core description of the last few ...
Today we completed the core description of the last few cores from GT1, the base of the hole saw the return of layered gabbros with some epidote veins. Demobilisation is now underway and we should begin mobilising GT3 sheeted dyke/gabbro transition tomorrow. - (inserted: 08.02.2017 01:00)
Oman: 2017-02-08 ˇ
Today we reached our target depth of 400m in Hole ...
Today we reached our target depth of 400m in Hole GT1! As we neared the bottom of the hole we returned into layered gabbros with some alteration zones, as always the cores are spectacular. Tomorrow we will finish core description and begin demobilisation ready for our next site GT3. - (inserted: 07.02.2017 01:00)
Oman: 2017-02-07 ˇ
We are on track to finish up at GT1 tomorrow, ...
We are on track to finish up at GT1 tomorrow, having passed 350 m depth early today and ending the day with less than 30 m to go to complete the hole! - (inserted: 07.02.2017 01:00)
Oman: 2017-02-07 ˇ
We are on track to finish up at GT1 tomorrow, ...
We are on track to finish up at GT1 tomorrow, having passed 350 m depth early today and ending the day with less than 30 m to go to complete the hole! - (inserted: 06.02.2017 01:00)
Oman: 2017-02-06 ˇ
We are nearing the end of coring at GT1 and
We are nearing the end of coring at GT1 and making preparations for the move to our next site: GT3 - (inserted: 05.02.2017 01:00)
Oman: 2017-02-05 ˇ
Today we advanced 15.95m and passed the 300m mark in ...
Today we advanced 15.95m and passed the 300m mark in GT1, recovery variably altered and occassionally foliated gabbros. We also had to pull out of the hole to change our bottom hole assembly, we are now ready for the final push down to 400m. - (inserted: 04.02.2017 01:00)
Oman: 2017-02-04 ˇ
Another busy day on site, after a windy start to ...
Another busy day on site, after a windy start to the day we made excellent progress with an advance of 33.5 m, we are tantaslising close to 300m in GT1. We also welcomed back lead project scientist Juerg Matter to OmanDP - (inserted: 03.02.2017 01:00)
Oman: 2017-02-03 ˇ
Today we advanced GT1 down to 265 m with several ...
Today we advanced GT1 down to 265 m with several core pieces >1m in length and with surprisingly few veins. We welcomed Julie Noel to our onsite team. - (inserted: 02.02.2017 01:00)
Oman: 2017-02-02 ˇ
Today we finished changing the drill pipe to NQ size ...
Today we finished changing the drill pipe to NQ size and had just enough time to recover the first NQ cores from GT1, taking us down to 255.85m.