Africa
- Maps of Africa
- Afar Dallol Drilling (Ethiopia)
- Barberton 1 (S. Africa)
- Barberton 2 (S. Africa)
- Barberton 3 (S. Africa)
- Bushveld (S. Africa)
- Eastern Rift Valley (Ethiopia, Kenya)
- Francevillian Basin
- La Réunion (France)
- Lake Bosumtwi (Ghana)
- Lake Chad (Chad)
- Lake Challa (Kenya, Tanzania)
- Lake Malawi (Malawi)
- Lake Tanganyika (Tanzania)
- Lake Victoria
- Moodies (S. Africa)
- Morocco
- Nama Group (Namibia)
- Orkney (S. Africa)
- Songwe Hill (Malawi)
- Tanzania
- Turkana Basin (Kenya)
- Witwatersrand (S. Africa)
Drilling Active Faults In South African Mines (DAFSAM)
Proposed in: 2005
- Geologic age: Archean
- Number of drillsites (drillholes):
- Drilled length: M
- Cored length: -
- Core recovered, length: -
- Core recovered length / Cored length: -
- Core recovered / Drilled length: -
Co-Operating Principal Investigators
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Start: September 2004; End: May 2005
Completed
Repository Information: Where the rock samples are stored.
All cooperating Repositories
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Http://earthquakes.ou.edu/ (External Web)
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Http://witwaters.icdp-online.org/ (Icdp Web)
This is the preferred URL to be used in publications, citations etc.
DAFSAM
For details, see our
interactive map
Lat/Long : -26.1667, 27.6
- Project Link
Project Link - Drilling Active Faults in South African Mines
http://witwaters.icdp-online.org
Please use only this URL in any kind of publication (papers, posters, flyers, citations etc.). Only this URL can be guaranteed to be persistent over coming relaunches of the Web Site.
- Operational Report
Reches, Z.; the DAFSAM and NELSAM teams (2006):
Building a Natural Earthquake Laboratory at Focal Depth (DAFSAM-NELSAM Project, South Africa),
> 10.2204/iodp.sd.3.06.2006
Scientific Drilling 3 30-33
- PublicationsPublications by year, most recent first: ▼Only selected publications are shown.Lippmann-Pipke, J.; Sherwood Lollar, B.; Niedermann, S.; Stroncik, N.A.; Naumann, R.; Van Heerden, E.; Onstott, T.C. (2011):Neon Identifies Two Billion Year Old Fluid Component In Kaapvaal Craton. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.01.028Chemical Geology 283(3-4) 287-296Lippmann-Pipke, J.; Erzinger, J.; Zimmer, M.; Kujawa, C.; Boettcher, M.S.; Van Heerden, E.; Bester, A.; Moller, H.; Stroncik, N.A.; Reches, Z. (2011):Geogas Transport In Fractured Hard Rock - Correlations With Mining Seismicity At 3.54 Km Depth, TauTona Gold Mine, South Africa. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.07.011Applied Geochemistry 26(12) 2134-2146McGarr, A.; Boettcher, M.S.; Fletcher, J.B.; Sell, R.; Johnston, M.J.S. (2009):Broadband Records Of Earthquakes In Deep Gold Mines And A Comparison With Results From SAFOD, California. doi:10.1785/0120080336Bulletin Of The Seismological Society Of America 99(5) 2815-2824Plenkers, K.; Kwiatek, G.; Nakatani, M.; Dresen, G.H.; Philipp, J.; Yabe, Y.; JAGUARS-Group (2009):Observation Of High-frequency Seismic Events (100 Hz To 170,000Hz) In A Deep Gold Mine, South Africa. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2009 126Lippmann-Pipke, J.; Erzinger, J.; Zimmer, M.; Kujawa, C.; Van Heerden, E.; Bester, A.; Moller, H.; Boettcher, M.S.; Reches, Z. (2008):Direct Observation Of Blasting Triggered Geogas Transport Through An Inactive Fault System At 3.6km Depth, Tautona Gold Mine, SA. doi:IODP/ICDP Kolloquium 2008 85-87Onstott, T.C.; Lin, L.H.; Davidson, M.; Mislowack, B.; Borcsik, M.; Hall, J.; Slater, G.F.; Ward, J.A.; Sherwood Lollar, B.; Lippmann-Pipke, J.; Boice, E.; Pratt, L.M.; Pfiffner, S.M.; Moser, D.P.; Gihring, T.M.; Kieft, T.L.; Phelps, T.J.; Vanherden, E.; (2007):The Origin And Age Of Biogeochemical Trends In Deep Fracture Water Of The Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa. doi:10.1080/01490450600875688Geomicrobiology Journal 23 369-414Reches, Z.; DAFSAM And NELSAM Teams (2006):Building A Natural Earthquake Laboratory At Focal Depth (DAFSAM-NELSAM Project, South Africa). doi:10.2204/iodp.sd.3.06.2006Scientific Drilling 3 30-33Slater, G.F.; Lippmann-Pipke, J.; Moser, D.P.; Reddy, C.M.; Onstott, T.C.; Lacrampe-Couloume, G.; Sherwood Lollar, B. (2006):14C In Methane And DIC In The Deep Terrestrial Subsurface: Implications For Microbial Methanogenesis. doi:10.1080/01490450600875787Geomicrobiology Journal 23(6) 453-462Lin, L.H.; Wang, P.L.; Rumble, D.; Lippmann-Pipke, J.; Boice, E.; Pratt, L.M.; Sherwood Lollar, B.; Brodie, E.L.; Hazen, T.C.; Andersen, G.L.; DeSantis, T.Z.; Moser, D.P.; Kershaw, D.; Onstott, T.C. (2006):Long-Term Sustainability Of A High-Energy, Low-Diversity Crustal Biome. doi:10.1126/science.1127376Science 314(5798) 479-482Lin, L.H.; Hall, J.; Lippmann-Pipke, J.; Ward, J.A.; Sherwood Lollar, B.; DeFlaun, M.; Rothmel, R.; Moser, D.P.; Gihring, T.M.; Mislowack, B.; Onstott, T.C. (2005):Radiolytic H2 In Continental Crust: Nuclear Power For Deep Subsurface Microbial Communities. doi:10.1029/2004GC000907Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G-Cubed) 6(7)Wilson, B.; Dewers, T.; Reches, Z.; Brune, J. (2005):Nature 434 749-752Dewers, T.; Reches, Z.; DAFSAM Working Group (2003):ICDP-Newsletter 5 13-16
- WorkshopsICDP Workshop: Drilling Active Faults in South African Mines
Parys, South Africa
from September 23-26, 2002
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