Africa
- Maps of Africa
- Barberton 1 (S. Africa)
- Barberton 2 (S. Africa)
- Barberton 3 (S. Africa)
- Bushveld (S. Africa)
- Eastern Rift Valley (Ethiopia, Kenya)
- La Réunion (France)
- Lake Bosumtwi (Ghana)
- Lake Chad (Chad)
- Lake Challa (Kenya, Tanzania)
- Lake Malawi (Malawi)
- Lake Tanganyika (Tanzania)
- Morocco
- Nama Group (Namibia)
- Orkney (S. Africa)
- Tanzania
- Witwatersrand (S. Africa)
- Geologic age: Quaternary
- Number of drillsites (drillholes): 1(6)
- Drilled length: 422.5 M
- Cored length: 422.49 M
- Core recovered, length: 405.4 M
- Core recovered length / Cored length: 95.95%
- Core recovered / Drilled length: 95.95%
Co-Operating Principal Investigators
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- Project Link
Project Link - Drilling the crater Lake Challa
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- Daily News
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2016-12-20
DeepCHALLA recovered the lacustrine sediment sequence of Lake Challa down ...2016-12-20 postedDeepCHALLA recovered the lacustrine sediment sequence of Lake Challa down ...
DeepCHALLA recovered the lacustrine sediment sequence of Lake Challa down ...
Image: Fine sediment lamination in Lake Challa (East Africa), dating from 3 time periods during the last 2 glacial-interglacial cycles. Left: CHALLACEA core sequence from March 2005. Centre and right: DeepCHALLA core sequence from 2016 (photo: D. Verschuren).
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2016-11-18
Logging by night! (photo D. Verschuren)2016-11-18 postedLogging by night! (photo D. Verschuren)
Logging by night! (photo D. Verschuren)
Image: Logging by night! (photo D. Verschuren)
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2016-11-17
Sunset view from the barge on Mt Kilimanjaro. (photo M.2016-11-17 postedSunset view from the barge on Mt Kilimanjaro. (photo M.
Sunset view from the barge on Mt Kilimanjaro. (photo M.
Image: Sunset view from the barge on Mt Kilimanjaro. (photo M. Van Daele)
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2016-11-16
Today a beautiful rainbow indicated that there might be a2016-11-16 postedToday a beautiful rainbow indicated that there might be a
Today a beautiful rainbow indicated that there might be a
Image: Today a beautiful rainbow indicated that there might be a gold treasure in Lake Challa (photo: M. Van Daele)
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2016-11-14
The labwork includes the first microscopic analyses on smear slides ...2016-11-14 postedThe labwork includes the first microscopic analyses on smear slides ...
The labwork includes the first microscopic analyses on smear slides ...
Image: Microscopic analyses on smear slides taken from the core catchers (photos: F.Peterse, J.Dieleman)
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2016-11-13
After finishing our second hole, the ICDP operational support team2016-11-13 postedAfter finishing our second hole, the ICDP operational support team
After finishing our second hole, the ICDP operational support team
Image: ICDP-OSG downhole logging team working on the second hole (photo: Inka Meyer)
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2016-11-09
Amazing sunrise from the barge and after 30m of cores2016-11-09 postedAmazing sunrise from the barge and after 30m of cores
Amazing sunrise from the barge and after 30m of cores
Image: Sunset over the barge. (photo: N. Waldmann)
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2016-11-08
The game is on! Yesterday, we've pulled up our first ...2016-11-08 postedThe game is on! Yesterday, we've pulled up our first ...
The game is on! Yesterday, we've pulled up our first ...
Image: Ryan is cutting the very first 3m-section. (photo: N. Waldmann)
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2016-11-07
Our drivers Sam and Rasam bringing the teams up and ...2016-11-07 postedOur drivers Sam and Rasam bringing the teams up and ...
Our drivers Sam and Rasam bringing the teams up and ...
Image: Our drivers Sam and Rasam bringing the teams up and down the lake every day. (Photo by M. Van Daele)
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2016-11-05
Yesterday and today the platform was moved to its final ...2016-11-05 postedYesterday and today the platform was moved to its final ...
Yesterday and today the platform was moved to its final ...
Image: The platform at its final position on the lake. (Photo by M. Van Daele and I. Meyer)
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2016-11-03
Just finishing loading the barge with equipment and then drilling2016-11-03 postedJust finishing loading the barge with equipment and then drilling
Just finishing loading the barge with equipment and then drilling
Image: Almost ready
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2016-10-31
Just finishing loading the barge with equipment and then drilling2016-10-31 postedJust finishing loading the barge with equipment and then drilling
Just finishing loading the barge with equipment and then drilling
Image: Helicopter loads finished over the weekend. (photo: DOSECC)
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2016-10-28
Drilling operations begin in a couple days.2016-10-28 postedDrilling operations begin in a couple days.
Drilling operations begin in a couple days.
Image: The DOSECC team is back at it again in Kenya! (photo: DOSECC)
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2016-10-25
You are invited to follow the progress of the upcoming2016-10-25 postedYou are invited to follow the progress of the upcoming
You are invited to follow the progress of the upcoming
Image: DeepCHALLA is now on facebook. (screenshot: ICDP)
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2016-10-17
Drilling the Crater Lake Challa at the boarder between Kenya ...2016-10-17 postedDrilling the Crater Lake Challa at the boarder between Kenya ...
Drilling the Crater Lake Challa at the boarder between Kenya ...
Image: The barge platform is nearly completed. Next will be the setup of the drill rig itself. (photo: D. Verschuren)
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Fotos, Lake Challa 2016
- Data Description
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- Links
- PublicationsPublications by year, most recent first: ▼Only selected publications are shown.Buckles, L.K.; Weijers, J.W.H.; Verschuren, D.; Sinninghe Damste, J.S. (2014):Sources Of Core And Intact Branched Tetraether Membrane Lipids In The Lacustrine Environment: Anatomy Of Lake Challa And Its Catchment, Equatorial East Africa. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.04.042Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 140 106-126Wolff, C.; Kristen-Jenny, I.; Schettler, G.; Plessen, B.; Meyer, H.; Dulski, P.; Naumann, R.; Brauer, A.; Verschuren, D.; Haug, G.H. (2014):Modern Seasonality In Lake Challa (Kenya/Tanzania) And Its Sedimentary Documentation In Recent Lake Sediments. doi:10.4319/lo.2014.59.5.1621Limnology And Oceanography 59(5) 1621-1636Verschuren, D.; Olago, D.O.; Rucina, S.M.; Odhengo, P.O.; ICDP DeepCHALLA Consortium (2013):DeepCHALLA: Two Glacial Cycles Of Climate And Ecosystem Dynamics From Equatorial East Africa. doi:10.2204/iodp.sd.15.09.2013Scientific Drilling 15 72-76Wolff, C.; Haug, G.H.; Timmermann, A.; Sinninghe Damste, J.S.; Brauer, A.; Sigman, D.M.; Cane, M.A.; Verschuren, D. (2011):Reduced Interannual Rainfall Variability In East Africa During The Last Ice Age. doi:10.1126/science.1203724Science 333(6043) 743-747
- WorkshopsLake Challa Drilling Project - ICDP Workshop: Research on the climatic and ecological history of Equatorial East Africa
Nairobi and Taveta, Kenya
on September 10 - 14, 2012
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