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Project Acronym: TADP | State: Moratorium | Expedition ID: 5066
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TADP: 2026-07-28 ˇ
Building bridges – Brady Shannon, lab manager on the Continental Scientific Drilling organized a...
TADP: 2026-07-27 ˇ
Crates ready to ship - The Sampling Party concluded successfully. A total of 6,581 samples were...
TADP: 2026-07-25 ˇ
Counting pollens – Postdoctoral researcher Marcelo Motta celebrated the successful collection of...
TADP: 2026-07-24 ˇ
Packing containers – Postdoctoral researcher John Afonso presented the sample containers that will...
TADP: 2026-07-23 ˇ
The last core -The final core was split by Dr. André Sawakuchi, Dr. Cleverson Guizan, and Paul...
TADP: 2026-07-22 ˇ
Reddish patterns - Oxidation patches are common throughout the core, occasionally forming striking...
TADP: 2026-07-20 ˇ
NQ sampling challenge – The cores reached the NQ diameter interval. The sampling strategy was...
TADP: 2026-07-17 ˇ
New member onboard - Ph.D. student Shohanur Rahman, supervised by Dr. Sara Feakins, joined the...
TADP: 2026-07-14 ˇ
Building the Strata column - Prof. Dr. Renato Almeida leads the sedimentology team through...
TADP: 2026-07-12 ˇ
Journalist onboard - Adriana Farias, the journalist from the project preparing the camera to...
TADP: 2026-07-10 ˇ
Sedimentary dreams - Beautiful cross-stratification is revealed as the cores are split, providing...
TADP: 2026-07-08 ˇ
Sampling station - Ph.D. student Livia, supervised by Dr. Dailson Bertassoli, joined the team to...
TADP: 2026-07-06 ˇ
The sampling party welcome - The TADP science team gathered at the Continental Scientific Drilling...
TADP: 2024-09-04 ˇ
Drilling reached 924.30 m - After a preventive maintenance on the on the rig, while tripping back...
TADP: 2024-08-27 ˇ
The team gathered during lunch to welcome a new member to the scientific team— Professor Cleverson...
TADP: 2024-08-26 ˇ
The science team is pleased to report that we've reached the 900-meter mark! We’re now at 924.3...
TADP: 2024-08-25 ˇ
The women on-site united for a meaningful cause, participating in the Lilac August campaign, which...
TADP: 2024-08-24 ˇ
We encountered a new lithology — a conglomerate with centimeter-sized pebbles—different from the...
TADP: 2024-08-23 ˇ
The team has been working diligently, providing solid descriptions and ensuring accurate data...
TADP: 2024-08-22 ˇ
The recent arrival of a team member enabled us to collect pore water samples, and after...
TADP: 2024-08-21 ˇ
New members have joined the scientific team in Bagre! Both groups from the morning and night shifts...
TADP: 2024-08-20 ˇ
Our researchers remain dedicated, making steady progress across all tasks, from core packaging to...
TADP: 2024-08-19 ˇ
It was identified that a new pattern appeared in the mudstones, with the presence of pyrite and...
TADP: 2024-08-18 ˇ
Sampling Party on Cores from Site 1 (Acre)
The Acre cores arrived at August 6th. The science team is busy splitting, imaging, describing and sampling the cores at CSD facilities at University of Minnesota.
TADP: 2024-08-17 ˇ
As drilling continued, the scientific team noticed a change in the sample composition. The mudstone...
TADP: 2024-08-16 ˇ
We finally managed to find the contact between the sandstone and the mudstone and it was very...
TADP: 2024-08-15 ˇ
We experienced difficulties recovering material due to a sandy formation with pebbles, resulting in...
TADP: 2024-08-14 ˇ
Despite the overnight rain, the weather has not impeded our progress. We have now reached 300...
TADP: 2024-08-13 ˇ
Drilling is back on track, and we've identified a distinct pattern of alternating sand and mud...
TADP: 2024-08-12 ˇ
The first core was retrieved in the evening, and the team was thrilled to get back to work!
Due to maintenance in the early hours, it took us a bit longer to reach the 678m mark. The first core was retrieved in the evening, and the team was thrilled to get back to work!
TADP: 2024-08-11 ˇ
Maintenance almost done
Both science teams did enjoy the Sunday of maintenance to meet at the beach of Bagre. The repairs on the drilling streams are almost done at night, the well closed the last 70 meters and we are drilling to reach the 678 m again.
TADP: 2024-08-10 ˇ
We showed the pyrite material to the new science team on site.
Professor Marconato and his students will stay in Bagre this month.
TADP: 2024-08-09 ˇ
Drill rig maintenance
The tower of drilling was in maintenance.
TADP: 2024-08-07 ˇ
GEOSOL started drilling the cement
GEOSOL started drilling the cement and found contaminations at 546 meters. Unfortunately, the cable failed during the operation. GEOSOL is still drilling the cement and we expect to get new cores on August 8th from depths below 680 meters.
TADP: 2024-08-06 ˇ
New generator arrived and BOP being installed
The new generator arrived on the island and the operation will come back as soon as possible. The GEOSOL took advantage of the cement drying to install the BOP (Blowout Preventer) in the well.
TADP: 2024-08-05 ˇ
Science team checking the stored cores, well cemented
The science team checked the deposit and stored some cores while we waited for the drilling team to give us a position. The drilling team decided to cement the well between 560 and 600 meters.
TADP: 2024-08-04 ˇ
A Sunday
The science team on site enjoys the Sunday to meet the Bagre community, the river and the native vegetation of the island.
TADP: 2024-08-03 ˇ
Cementing
While we were waiting for the cementation of the well, we showed the new team the sandy material topping the mudstone levels in the well.
TADP: 2024-08-02 ˇ
Current depth 677 m
After a good progress over the last days, the site needs some maintenance today. .
TADP: 2024-08-01 ˇ
Drilling now at 650 m depth
At about 650 m depth we found this beautiful sample of a very cemented and poorly sorted material with chalcopyrite/pyrite between the mudstones leves.
TADP: 2024-07-31 ˇ
Day shift found a centimetrical layer of mature coal during the drilling.
Day shift found a centimetrical layer of mature coal during the drilling.
TADP: 2024-07-30 ˇ
Geosol's fire brigade conducts training in the drill site.
Geosol's fire brigade conducts training in the drill site. Everything worked well, no unwanted surprises.
TADP: 2024-07-29 ˇ
A beautiful centimetrical layer of pyrite
A beautiful centimetrical layer of pyrite between sandy strata in one of the cores from the night shift.
TADP: 2024-07-28 ˇ
Filling another board with cores
After a short break, the science team fills another board with cores. Keep on the drilling team!
TADP: 2024-07-27 ˇ
At the night shift we saw a curious pattern between mud and sand.
At the night shift we saw a curious pattern between mud and sand. Light brown layers are sandy and dark brown are muddy.
TADP: 2024-07-26 ˇ
Drilling restarted
The drilling just restarted and the new members from the scientific team are very excited! João Bueno is very happy with his first core.
TADP: 2024-07-25 ˇ
Inspection by environmental agency from Pará
Today we conducted an inspection with Marcelo Augusto Moreno da Silva Alves, member of the environmental agency from Pará (SEMAS). He visited the whole operation, updated with information from the drill rig and the science goals.
TADP: 2024-07-24 ˇ
NQ pipes arrived
With the arrival of the NQ columns, the drilling progresses enthusiastically.
TADP: 2024-07-23 ˇ
Superficial soil sampling for microbiology
Team on site, led by Angela, did a sampling in superficial soil for microbiology analysis with hand auger. This data will be compared with results from the cores.
TADP: 2024-07-22 ˇ
Maintenance is ongoing
Maintenance keeps going at the drill site, with some improvements at the top drive unit. The drill rig is looking brand new!