Drilling the Eger Rift: Magmatic fluids driving the earthquake swarms and the deep biosphere
Project Acronym: EGER | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5008
The ICDP project 'Drilling the Eger Rift' aims to develop the most modern, comprehensive laboratory at depth worldwide for the study of earthquake swarms (ES), crustal fluid flow, mantle-derived CO2 and He degassing, and processes of the deep biosphere.
In order to reach a new level of high-frequency, near source, and multi-parameter observation of ES and related phenomena, such a laboratory will comprise of a high-frequency 3D seismic array with a set of four shallow boreholes, combined with modern continuous real-time fluid monitoring at depth (the shallow boreholes) and the study of deep biosphere.
KEYWORDS: Europe, Czech Republic, Germany, Earthquake Swarms, Magmatic Fluids, West Bohemia
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- Tomas Fischer – Charles University in Prague
- Alexandre Anesio – Aarhus University
- Catherine Alexandrakis – Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg
- Karin Braeuer – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
- Stefan Buske – Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg
- David Dolejs – University of Freiburg
- Josef Horalek – Czech Academy of Sciences
- Pavla Hrubcova – Czech Academy of Sciences
- Michael Korn – University of Leipzig
- Frank Krueger – University of Potsdam
- Jiri Malek – Czech Academy of Sciences
- David Shelly – U.S. Geological Survey at Menlo Park
- Dirk Wagner – GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
Project Details
- Title:
- Drilling the Eger Rift: Magmatic fluids driving the earthquake swarms and the deep biosphere (EGER)
- Proposed in:
- 2016
- Current State:
- Completed
- Proposal abstract:
- n.a.
- Geologic age:
- Cenozoic, Paleozoic
- Number of drillsites (drillholes):
- 2(2) 2019-Aug-30
- Drilled length:
- 1592.9 m (5 wellholes/hole attempts/hole deepenings/sidetracks total)
- Cored length:
- 1581.6 m
- Core recovered, length:
- 1516 m
- Core recovered length / Cored length:
- 95.9%
- Core recovered / Drilled length:
- 95.2%
- Expedition #
- 5008
- Location
- Europe, Czechia, Western Bohemia, Eger, Eger Rift, Czechia
- Coordinates
- 50.0000, 12.0000
- Status
- Completed
- Bazina Liba Cores — Geothermal Research Centre Ringen
- Landwüst and Hartosouv Cores — Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
- Expedition acronym
- EGER
- Expedition #
- 5008
- ICDP ID
- ICDP-2016/05
- Internal ID
- #1885
- LDIS ID
- 4467
- Proposals ID
- 5138
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Project Timeline
Moratorium - Bazina
25 February 2022 - 25 February 2025
Sampling Party - Bazina (CZ)
24 - 25 February 2022 in Litoměřice, Czech Republic
Sampling Party - Landwüst
2 December 2021 in Berlin-Spandau, Germany
Moratorium - Landwüst
2 December 2021 - 2 December 2024
Drilling - Bazina (CZ)
4 - 28 November 2021
Moratorium - Hartousov
30 July 2021 - 30 July 2024
Sampling Party - Hartousov
27 - 30 July 2021 in Berlin-Spandau, Germany
Drilling - Hartousov (CZ)
12 August - 30 September 2019
Drilling - Landwüst (D)
23 April - 8 July 2019
Full Proposal Approved
First Full Proposal Submitted
Workshop Held
3-7 October 2004 in Bykov, Czech Republic