Snake River Scientific Drilling Project
Project Acronym: HOTSPOT | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5036
The Snake River Plain represents a world-class example of active mantle plume volcanism in an intra-continental setting. Because it is young and tectonically undisturbed, the complete record of volcanic activity can be sampled only by drilling. The project cored a series of 5 drill holes at 3 sites along the axis of the eastern and western Snake River Plain in order to study the geochemical and stratigraphic variations in plume-related volcanism in space and time.
Keywords: North America, USA, Idaho, Snake River, Yellowstone, Basalts, Climate Change, Continental Evolution, Global Environment, Hot Spots, Mantle Plumes, Thermal Regimes, Volcanic Systems
Cores are stored at:
- Volcanic Rocks (Kimama And Kimberly): U.S. Geological Survey, Core Research Center, Denver, USA.
- Volcanic Rocks (Mtn. Home): Utah State University, Department of Geology, USA
- Sedimentary Rocks, Archive Halves (Mtn. Home): University of Minnesota at Minneapolis, Continental Scientific Drilling Facility, USA
- Sedimentary Rocks, Working Halves (Mtn. Home): University of Cologne, Institute of Prehistoric Archeology, Cologne, Germany
Project Management
Contact Person
Lead PIs
- Barry Hanan – San Diego State University
- Michael Branney – University of Leicester
- Dennis Geist – University of Idaho
- Scott Hughes – Idaho State University
- Alexander Prokopenko – University of Cologne
- Francois Holtz – University of Hannover
- Donald Dingwell – University of Munich
- Joerg Erzinger – GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
- Cristina Pinheiro De Campos – University of Munich
- Douglas Schmitt – Purdue University
- Neil Banerjee – University of Western Ontario
- Lisa Morgan – U.S. Geological Survey at Denver
CoPIs
Co-PIs: No data found
Project Details
Project Description
- Title:
- Snake River Scientific Drilling Project (HOTSPOT)
- Proposed in:
- 2007
- Current State:
- Preproposal Reviewed
- Proposal abstract:
- n.a.
- Geologic age:
- Pliocene to Pleistocene
- Number of drillsites (drillholes):
- 3(5)
- Drilled length:
- n.a.
- Cored length:
- n.a.
- Core recovered, length:
- n.a.
- Core recovered length / Cored length:
- n.a.
- Core recovered / Drilled length:
- n.a.
- Location
- North America, U.S.A., Idaho, Snake River Plain, U.S.A.
- Coordinates
- 43.0000, -114.0000
- Status
- Preproposal Reviewed
Project Location
Project Timeline
Post Drilling Workshop
16 - 18 April 2012 in Logan, Utah, U.S.A.
Drilling
27 September 2010 - 3 February 2012
Full Proposal Approved
First Full Proposal Submitted
Preliminary Proposal Submitted
Workshop Held
18 - 21 May 2006 in Twin Falls, Idaho, U.S.A.