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Lake Bosumtwi Drilling Project (BCDP)
proposed in 2002
- Geologic age: Quaternary
- Number of drillsites (drillholes): 8(8)
- Drilled length: 428.1 M
- Cored length: 430.76 M
- Core recovered, length: 338.95 M
- Core recovered length / Cored length: 78.69%
- Core recovered / Drilled length: 79.17%
Co-Operating Principal Investigators
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Phase I: Sediment Coring; Begin Of Drilling July 8, 2004; End Of Drilling August 8, 2004; Phase II: Impact Rock Coring; Begin Of Drilling September 17, 2004; End Of Drilling October 5, 2004
Completed
Repository Information: Where the rock samples are stored.
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Http://bosumtwi.icdp-online.org/ (Icdp Web)
This is the preferred URL to be used in publications, citations etc.
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- Project Link
Project Link - Lake Bosumtwi Drilling Project
http://bosumtwi.icdp-online.org
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- Gallery
Some Photos from Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana
- Operational Report
Koeberl, C., Peck, J., King, J., Milkereit, B., Overpeck, O., and Scholz, C. (2005):
The ICDP Lake Bosumtwi Drilling Project: A First Report,
> 10.2204/iodp.sd.1.04.2005
Scientific Drilling 1 23-37
- Press & Media
- PublicationsPublications by year, most recent first:Only selected publications are shown.Miller, C.S.; Gosling, W.D. (2014):Quaternary Forest Associations In Lowland Tropical West Africa. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.10.027Quaternary Science Reviews 84 7-25Losiak, A.; Schulz, T.; Buchwaldt, R.; Koeberl, C. (2013):Petrology, Major And Trace Element Geochemistry, Geochronology, And Isotopic Composition Of Granitic Intrusions From The Vicinity Of The Bosumtwi Impact Crater, Ghana. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2013.06.002Lithos 177 297-313Shanahan, T.M.; McKay, N.; Overpeck, J.T.; Peck, J.A.; Scholz, C.A.; Heil, C.W.; King, J. (2013):Spatial And Temporal Variability In Sedimentological And Geochemical Properties Of Sediments From An Anoxic Crater Lake In West Africa: Implications For Paleoenvironmental Reconstructions. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.01.008Lithos 374 96-109Stoney, Q.G.; Scholz, C.A. (2013):Extracting Paleoclimate Signals From Sediment Laminae: An Automated 2-D Image Processing Method. doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2012.10.016Computers & Geosciences 52 345-355Shanahan, T.M.; Peck, J.A.; McKay, N.; Heil, C.W.; King, J.; Forman, S.L.; Hoffmann, D.L.; Richards, D.A.; Overpeck, J.T.; Scholz, C.A. (2013):Age Models For Long Lacustrine Sediment Records Using Multiple Dating Approaches - An Example From Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana. doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2012.12.001Quaternary Geochronology 15 47-60Shanahan, T.M.; Beck, J.W.; Overpeck, J.T.; McKay, N.P.; Pigati, J.S.; Peck, J.A.; Scholz, C.A.; Heil, C.W.; King, J. (2012):Late Quaternary Sedimentological And Climate Changes At Lake Bosumtwi Ghana: New Constraints From Laminae Analysis And Radiocarbon Age Modeling. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.08.001Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 361-362 49-60Poste, A.E.; Muir, D.C.G.; Otu, M.K.; Hall, R.I.; Hecky, R.E. (2012):Past And Present Mercury Flux To A West African Crater Lake (Lake Bosomtwe/Bosumtwi, Ghana). doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.01.022Science Of The Total EnvironmentConey, L.; Reimold, W.U.; Gibson, R.L.; Koeberl, C.; Ogilvie, P. (2010):Melt Particle Characteristics Of The Within- And Out-of-crater Suevites From The Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana: Implications For Crater Formation. doi:The Geological Society Of America, Special Paper 465Ferrière, L.; Koeberl, C.; Brandstätter, F.; Mader, D. (2010):Geochemistry Of Basement Rocks And Impact Breccias From The Central Uplift Of The Bosumtwi Crater, Ghana-Comparison Of Proximal And Distal Impactites. doi:The Geological Society Of America, Special Paper 465Ferrière, L.; Koeberl, C.; Thöni, M.; Liang, C. (2010):Single Crystal U-Pb Zircon Age And Sr-Nd Isotopic Composition Of Impactites From The Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana - Comparison With Country Rocks And Ivory Coast Tektites. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.05.016The Geological Society Of America, Special Paper 275(3-4) 254-261Giresse, P.; Makaya-Mvoubou (2010):Sediment And Particulate Organic Carbon Fluxes In Various Lacustrine Basins Of Tropical Africa And In The Gulf Of Guinea. doi:Global And Planetary ChangeShanahan, T.M.; Overpeck, J.T.; Anchukaitis, K.J.; Beck, J.W.; Cole, J.E.; Dettmann, D.L.; Peck, J.A.; Scholz, C.A.; King, J.W. (2009):Science 324 377-380Coney, L. (2009):Mineralogy And Geochemistry Of The Impact Breccias Of The Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana: Genesis And Secondary Proccesses doi:DissertationLuetke, S.; Deutsch, A.; Langenhorst, F.; Skala, R. (2008):IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2008 88-92Ferrière, L.; Koeberl, C.; Ivanov, B.A.; Reimold, W.U. (2008):Rocks, Shock Attenuation, And Uplift Formation Shock Metamorphism Of Bosumtwi Impact Crater. doi:10.1126/science.1166283Science 322 1678Escala, M.; Rosell-Melé, A.; Fietz, S.; Koeberl, C. (2008):Meteoritics And Planetary Science 43(11) 1777-1782Ferrière, L.; Koeberl, C.; Reimold, W.U.; Mader, D. (2007):Drill Core LB-08A, Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana : Geochemistry Of Fallback Breccia And Basement Samples From The Central Uplift. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 689-708Deutsch, A.; Luetke, S.; Heinrich, V. (2007):The ICDP Lake Bosumtwi Impact Crater Scientific Drilling Project (Ghana ): Core LB-08A Litho-log, Related Ejecta, And Shock Recovery Experiments. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 635-654Elbra, T.; Kontny, A.; Pesonen, L.J.; Schleifer, N.; Schell, C. (2007):Petrophysical And Paleomagnetic Data Of Drill Cores From The Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 829-838Ferrière, L.; Koeberl, C.; Reimold, W.U. (2007):Drill Core LB-08A, Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana : Petrographic And Shock Metamorphic Studies Of Material From The Central Uplift. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 611-633Danuor, S.K.; Menyeh, A. (2007):Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 541-547Artemieva, N. (2007):Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 883-894Boamah, D.; Koeberl, C. (2007):The Lake Bosumtwi Impact Structure In Ghana : A Brief Environmental Assessment And Discussion Of Ecotourism Potential. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 561-567Coney, L.; Gibson, R.L.; Reimold, W.U.; Koeberl, C. (2007):Lithostratigraphic And Petrographic Analysis Of ICDP Drill Core LB-07A, Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 569-589Coney, L.; Reimold, W.U.; Gibson, R.L.; Koeberl, C. (2007):Geochemistry Of Impactites And Basement Lithologies From ICDP Borehole LB-07A, Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 667-688Goderis, S.; Tagle, R.; Schmitt, R.T.; Erzinger, J.; Claeys, P. (2007):Platinum Group Elements Provide No Indication Of A Meteoritic Component In ICDP Cores From The Bosumtwi Crater, Ghana. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 731-741Hunze, S.; Wonik, T. (2007):Lithological And Structural Characteristics Of The Lake Bosumtwi Impact Crater, Ghana: Interpretation Of Acoustic Televiewer Images. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 779-792Karikari, F.; Ferrière, I.; Koeberl, C.; Reimold, W.U.; Mader, D. (2007):Petrography, Geochemistry, And Alteration Of Country Rocks From The Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 513-540Koeberl, C.; Brandstätter, F.; Glass, B.P.; Hecht, L.; Mader, D.; Reimold, W.U. (2007):Uppermost Impact Fallback Layer In The Bosumtwi Crater (Ghana): Mineralogy, Geochemistry, And Comparison With Ivory Coast Tektites. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 709-729Koeberl, C.; Milkereit, B.; Overpeck, J.T.; Scholz, C.A.; Amoako, P.Y.O.; Boamah, D.; Danuor, S.K.; Karp, T.; Kück, J.; Hecky, R.E.; King, J.W.; Peck, J.A. (2007):An International And Multidisciplinary Drilling Project Into A Young Complex Impact Structure: The 2004 ICDP Bosumtwi Crater Drilling Project - An Overview. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 483-511Koeberl, C.; Milkereit, B.; Reimold, W.U. (2007):Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 481-482Koeberl, C.; Shukolyukov, A.; Lugmair, G.W. (2007):Chromium Isotopic Studies Of Terrestrial Impact Craters: Identification Of Meteoritic Components At Bosumtwi, Clearwater East, Lappajärvi, And Rochechouart. doi:Earth And Planetary Science Letters 256(3-4) 534-546Kontny, A.; Elbra, T.; Just, J.; Pesonen, L.J.; Schleicher, A.M.; Zolk, J. (2007):Petrography And Shock-related Remagnetization Of Pyrrhotite In Drill Cores From The Bosumtwi Impact Crater Drilling Project, Ghana. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 811-827Ugalde, H.; Danuor, S.K.; Milkereit, B. (2007):Integrated 3-D Model From Gravity And Petrophysical Data At The Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 859-866Ugalde, H.; Morris, W.A.; Clark, C.; Miles, B.; Milkereit, B. (2007):The Lake Bosumtwi Meteorite Impact Structure, Ghana - A Magnetic Image From A Third Observational Level. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 793-800Ugalde, H.; Morris, W.A.; Pesonen, L.J.; Danuor, S.K. (2007):Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 867-882Mcdonald, I.; Peucker-Ehrenbrink, B.; Coney, L.; Ferriere, L.; Reimold, W.U.; Koeberl, C. (2007):Search For A Meteoritic Component In Drill Cores From The Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana: Platinum-group Element Contents And Osmium Isotopic Characteristics. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb01071.xMeteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 743-753Schell, C.; Schleifer, N.; Elbra, T. (2007):Characterization Of The Log Lithology Of Cores LB-07A And LB-08A Of The Bosumtwi Impact Structure By Using The Anisotropy Of Magnetic Susceptibility. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 839-847Schmitt, D.R.; Milkereit, B.; Karp, T.; Scholz, C.; Danuor, S.K.; Meillieux, D.; Welz, M. (2007):In Situ Seismic Measurements In Borehole LB-08A In The Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana: Preliminary Interpretation. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 755-768Scholz, C.A.; Karp, T.; Lyons, R.P. (2007):Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 549-560L’Heureux, E.; Milkereit, B. (2007):Impactites As A Random Medium - Using Variations In Physical Properties To Assess Heterogeneity Within The Bosumtwi Meteorite Impact Crater. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 849-858Morris, W.A.; Ugalde, H.; Clark, C. (2007):Physical Property Measurements: ICDP Boreholes LB-07A And LB-08A, Lake Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 801-809Morris, W.A.; Ugalde, H.; Clark, C.; Miles, B. (2007):Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 769-778Morrow, J.R. (2007):Shock-metamorphic Petrography And MicroRaman Spectroscopy Of Quartz In Upper Impactite Interval, ICDP Drill Core LB-07A, Bosumtwi Impact Crater, Ghana. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 591-609Petersen, M.T.; Newsom, H.E.; Nelson, M.J.; Moore, D.M. (2007):Hydrothermal Alteration In The Bosumtwi Impact Structure: Evidence From 2M1-muscovite, Alteration Veins, And Fracture Fillings. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 42(4-5) 655-666Reimold, W.U.; Coney, L.; Koeberl, C.; Gibson, R.L. (2006):ICDP Borehole LB-07A (Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana): An Overview And First Multidisciplinary Results. doi:Lunar And Planetary Science 37 Abstract #1350Morrow, J.R. (2006):Petrographic Characteristics Of Quartz In Suevitic Impact Breccia, Drillcore LB07A, Bosumtwi Crater, Ghana. doi:Lunar And Planetary Science 37 Abstract #1258Luetke, S.; Deutsch, A.; Langenhorst, F.; Kreher-Hartmann, B. (2006):Lake Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana: First Geochemical And Sr Isotope Results For Target Lithologies. doi:Lunar And Planetary Science 37 Abstract #1811Milkereit, B.; Ugalde, H.; Karp, T.; Scholz, C.A.; Schmitt, D.; Danuor, S.K.; Artemieva, N.; Kück, J.; Qian, W.; L’Heureux, E. (2006):Lunar And Planetary Science 37 Abstract #1687Shanahan, T.M.; Overpeck, J.T.; Scholz, C.A.; Sharpe, E.; Arko, J. (2006):Simulating The Response Of A Closed Basin Lake To Recent Climate And Land-use Changes In Tropical West Africa (Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana). doi:10.1002/hyp.6359Hydrological Processes 1(13) 1678-1691Shanahan, T.M.; Overpeck, J.T.; Wheeler, C.W.; Beck, J.W.; Pigati, J.S.; Talbot, M.R.; Scholz, C.A.; Peck, J.; King, J.W. (2006):Paleoclimatic Variations In West Africa From A Record Of Late Pleistocene And Holocene Lake Level Stands Of Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana. doi:Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 242(3-4) 287-302Schleifer, N.H.; Elster, D.; Schell, C.M. (2006):Petrophysical Characterization Of The Core Samples Of The Bosumtwi Meteorite Impact Crater (Ghana). doi:Lunar And Planetary Science 37 Abstract #1273Kontny, A.; Just, J. (2006):Magnetic Mineralogy And Rock Magnetic Properties Of Impact Breccias And Crystalline Basement Rocks From The BCDP-Drillings 7A And 8A. doi:Lunar And Planetary Science 37 Abstract #1343Goderis, S.; Tagle, R.; Claeys, P.; Schmitt, R.T.; Erzinger, J. (2006):Lunar And Planetary Science 37 Abstract #1305Koeberl, C.; Brandstätter, F.; Hecht, L.; Reimold, W.U.; Peck, J.; King, J.W. (2006):Uppermost Impact Fallout Layer In A Drillcore At The Bosumtwi Impact Crater (Ghana): A Preliminary Study. doi:Lunar And Planetary Science 37 Abstract #1552Koeberl, C.; Milkereit, B.; Overpeck, J.T.; Scholz, C.A.; Reimold, W.U.; Amoako, P.Y.O.; Boamah, D.; Claeys, P.; Danuor, S.K.; Deutsch, A.; Hecky, R.E.; King, J.W.; Newsom, H.; Peck, J.; Schmitt, D.R. (2006):An International And Multidisciplinary Drilling Project Into A Young Complex Impact Structure: The 2004 ICDP Bosumtwi Impact Crater, Ghana, Drilling Project — An Overview. doi:Lunar And Planetary Science 37 Abstract #1859Coney, L.; Reimold, W.U.; Koeberl, C.; Gibson, R.L. (2006):Mineralogical And Geochemical Investigations Of Impact Breccias In The ICDP Borehole LB-07A, Bosumtwi Impact Crater, Ghana. doi:Lunar And Planetary Science 37 Abstract #1279Deutsch, A.; Heinrich, V.; Luetke, S. (2006):The Lake Bosumtwi Impact Crater Drilling Project (BCDP): Lithological Profile Of Wellhole BCDP-8A. doi:Lunar And Planetary Science 37 Abstract #1292Ferrière, L.; Koeberl, C.; Reimold, W.U.; Gibson, R.L. (2006):First Mineralogical Observations And Chemical Analyses Of Core LB-08A From The Central Uplift Of The Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana: Comparison With Suevite From Outside The Crater. doi:Lunar And Planetary Science 37 Abstract #1845Ugalde, H.; Danuor, S.K.; Milkereit, B. (2006):Lunar And Planetary Science 37 Abstract #1063Dai, X.; Boamah, D.; Koeberl, C.; Reimold, W.U.; Irvine, G.; McDonald, I. (2005):Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana: Geochemistry Of Impactites And Target Rocks, And Search. for A Meteoritic Component. doi:Meteoritics And Planetary Science 40 1493-1511Brooks, K.; Scholz, C.A.; King, J.W.; Peck, J.; Overpeck, J.T.; Russell, J.M.; Amoako, P.Y.O. (2005):Late-Quaternary Lowstands Of Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana: Evidence From High-resolution Seismic-reflection And Sediment-core Data. doi:Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 216(3-4) 235-249Koeberl, C.; Peck, J.A.; King, J.W.; Milkereit, B.; Overpeck, J.T.; Scholz, C.A. (2005):Scientific Drilling 1 23-27Shanahan, T.M.; Overpeck, J.T.; Peck, J.; King, J.W.; Scholz, C.A.; Hughen, K.; Drenzek, N.; Beck, J.W. (2005):Paleoenvironmental Changes In West Africa Since The Last Glacial Maximum From A Geochemical And Modeling Study Of Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana. doi:American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2005Koeberl, C.; Reimold, W.U. (2005):Bosumtwi Impact Crater, Ghana (West Africa): An Updated And Revised Geological Map, With Explanations. doi:Jahrbuch Der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (Wien) 145 31-70Pease, R. (2004):BBC NewsPeck, J.A.; Green, R.R.; Shanahan, T.M.; King, J.W.; Overpeck, J.T.; Scholz, C.A. (2004):A Magnetic Mineral Record Of Late Quaternary Tropical Climate Variability From Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana. doi:Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 215 37-57Koeberl, C.; Shukolyukov, A.; Lugmair, G.W. (2004):An Ordinary Chondrite Impactor Composition Of The Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana, West Africa: Discussion Of Siderophile Element Contents And Os And Cr Isotope Data. doi:Lunar And Planetary Science 35 Abstract #1256Karp, T.; Milkereit, B.; Janle, P.; Danuor, S.K.; Pohl, J.; Berckhemer, H.; Scholz, C.A. (2004):Planetary And Space Science 50(7-8) 735-743Glass, B.P.; Huber, H.; Koeberl, C. (2004):Geochemistry Of Cenozoic Microtektites And Clinopyroxene-bearing Spherules. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2004.02.026Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 68(19) 3971-4006Russell, J.; Talbot, M.R.; Haskell, B.J. (2003):Quaternary Research 60 133-141Wiersberg, T.; Erzinger, J.; Zimmer, M.; Schicks, J.; Dahms, E. (2003):Gas Geochemistry Studies At The Gas Hydrate Occurrence In The Permafrost Environment Of Mallik (NWT, Canada). doi:Geophysical Research Abstracts 5(02722)Koeberl, C.; Harms, U. (2002):ICDP-Newsletter 4 22-26Dai, X.; Koeberl, C.; Fröschl, H. (2001):Determination Of Platinum Group Elements In Impact Breccias Using Neutron Activation Analysis And Ultrasonic Nebulization Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry After Anion Exchange Preconcentration. doi:Analytica Chimica Acta 436(I) 79-85Koeberl, C.; Reimold, W.U.; Blum, J.D.; Chamberlain, C.P. (1998):Petrology And Geochemistry Of Target Rocks From The Bosumtwi Impact Structure, Ghana, And Comparison With Ivory Coast Tektites. doi:Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 62(12) 2179-2196Koeberl, C.; Bottomley, R.; Glass, B.P.; Storzer, D. (1997):Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 61(8) 1745-1772Turner, B.F.; Gardner, L.R.; Sharp, W.E. (1996):Journal Of Hydrology 183(3-4) 243-261Jones, W.B. (1985):Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 49 2569-2576Talbot, M.R.; Livingstone, D.A.; Palmer, P.G.; Maley, J.; Melack, J.M.; Delibrias, G.; Gulliksen, S. (1984):Palaeoecology Of Africa 16 173-192Talbot, M.R.; Hall, J.B. (1981):Palaeoecology Of Africa 13 83-92Talbot, M.R.; Delibrias, G. (1980):Earth And Planetary Science Letters 47 336-344Talbot, M.R.; Delibrias, G. (1977):Nature 268 722-724
- WorkshopsICDP Workshop: Bosumtwi Crater Drilling Workshop, Ghana
Potsdam, Germany
on September 22 to 24, 2001
