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Project Acronym: IDDP-2 | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5029

ins.: 2016-10-15 02:00, 9 yrs ago
By: Scientists
Category: IDDP-2
IDDP-2

IDDP: 2016-10-15

Drilling continued throughout the day and into the night. Loss ...
IDDP-2 drill site (Source: Wilfred Elders)

Drilling continued throughout the day and into the night. Loss of circulation was regularly measured, it varied from 2-6.5 L/s. This morning at the depth of 3166 m the losses were 11 L/s and a total loss at a depth of 3177 m. A bit of rock fragments of altered medium grained intrusive rock have been found in samples from 3160 to 3175 m.